Misreading Reading : The Bad Science That Hurts Children

Misreading Reading : The Bad Science That Hurts Children

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Book Description
This important book examines the studies of leading researchers who have testified in various hearings and promoted policy and legislation on behalf of skills-emphasis learning.

About the Author
GERALD COLES is an educational psychologist who has written extensively on literacy and learning disabilities. He is the author of Reading Lessons: The Debate Over Literacy, The Learning Mystique: A Critical Look at "Learning Disabilities," as well as numerous articles in educational and psychology journals. Formerly a professor at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and the University of Rochester, he now writes full-time and lives in Ithaca, New York.

Misreading Reading : The Bad Science That Hurts Children,Gerald Coles,Heinemann,0325000603,Child Care/Parenting,General,Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy,Language experience approach,Phonetic method,Reading,Research

Book Contents:

1. Missing Words
2. Mom, I Got a Tattoo! : The Survival Guide to Raising a Teenage Daughter
3. Motherhood : Meanings, Practices and Ideologies (Gender and Psychology)
4. Mother Murphy's Law
5. Nueva Guia De Lactancia Materna / New Mother's Guide To Breastfeeding (Academia Americana De Pediatria)
6. Okay, So I Don't Have a Headache
7. Parenting on Your Own
8. Parenting with Love and Laughter : Finding God in Family Life
9. Pennies from Heaven : 101 Meditations for Couples Trying to Get Pregnant
10. Play and Learn : More than 300 Engaging and Educational Activities from Birth to Age 8 (Parents Magazine Baby & Childcare Series)

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