A Balanced Approach to Beginning Reading Instruction

A Synthesis of Six Major U.S. Research Studies

	Preface
	Chapter 1 Toward a Definition of a Balanced Approach to Reading Instruction FREE!
	Chapter 2 The Cooperative Research Program in First-Grade Reading Instruction (the First-Grade Studies)
	Chapter 3 Learning to Read: The Great Debate
	Chapter 4 Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading
	Chapter 5 Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print
	Chapter 6 Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children
	Chapter 7 Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction
	Summary
	Appendix A Activities for Applying Literacy Concepts
	Appendix B Questions for Cooperative Discussion Groups
	References
	Index