Shaping the Reading Field

The Impact of Early Reading Pioneers, Scientific Research, and Progressive Ideas

Susan E. Israel and E. Jennifer Monaghan, editors

This indispensable resource offers new insight into the development of reading education by examining the groundbreaking contributions of the “early reading pioneers”—16 reading researchers, reading practitioners, and specialists in children’s literature whose work helped form the foundations of the reading field as it is recognized today.

Special features include

“Lessons for the Future” sections that offer a critique of the pioneer’s theories and practices and lessons to be learned from each pioneer’s contributions

“Historical Research Process” sections that demonstrate the process of biography through contributors’ firsthand descriptions

“Reflection Questions” that relate the pioneers’ past work to contemporary reading instruction and contemplate implications for the future

A comprehensive matrix of the pioneers’ biographical data and significant contributions to the reading field, allowing you to make connections between the pioneers

© 2007 | 488 pp.
ISBN 13: 978-0-87207-598-6

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Using Metacognitive Assessments to Create Individualized Reading Instruction

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