A Basic Guide to Understanding, Assessing & Teaching Phonological Awareness
A Basic Guide to Understanding, Assessing, and Teaching Phonological Awareness
This manual was written to help teachers incorporate assessment and instruction of phonological awareness into their prereading and reading curricula. The most important strength of the book is that it not only provides a concise discussion of the nature of phonological awareness and its role in reading development, but also comprehensively describes and evaluates specific tests and instructional programs that focus on phonological awareness.
The book provides the information teachers and administrators need to select appropriate assessment procedures to use with both younger and older children. It also provides detailed descriptions and evaluations of currently available instructional programs that can be used in either whole-class or small-group/individualized instruction to stimulate phonological awareness. Because the book contains both broad discussions of issues related to assessment and instruction in phonological awareness as well as detailed descriptions of specific assessment instruments and instructional programs, it should be helpful in any educational setting in which the goal is to improve growth in phonological awareness as in aid in learning to read.
2000 • ISBN-13: 978-0890798447