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“amanda durik”

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  • Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension

    A Theory of Purposeful Reading

    by M. Anne Britt, Jean-François Rouet, Amanda Durik ...
    Literacy Beyond Text Comprehension aims to systematically investigate how readers interpret reading tasks within a situation, and how that interpretation influences reading behavior and comprehension. Presenting a new model of REading as problem SOLVing (RESOLV), the authors describe reading comprehension in terms of how a reader adopts goals within a particular situation that then guide what is ... Read more

    $94.99 CAD

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  • Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions

    by Barbara J. Wendling, Nancy Mather ...
    Series Book 74 - Essentials of Psychological Assessment
    Essentials of Evidence-Based Academic Interventions puts at your fingertips the successful instructional techniques and materials necessary for accurate and effective use of evidence-based interventions. Written by Barbara Wendling and Nancy Mather, two experts in educational assessment and intervention, this intervention-oriented reference presents clear descriptions of research-based ... Read more

    $60.99 CAD

  • Designing Teaching Strategies

    An Applied Behavior Analysis Systems Approach

    by R. Douglas Greer ...
    Series series Educational Psychology
    The US Dept. of Education, in conjunction with the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, recently unveiled a $50 million effort to expand research on early childhood cognitive development. A key issue identified requiring more information and research was the education and professional development of educators. Along these lines, Doug Greer has prepared a book discussing how best to teach, how to ... Read more

    $97.59 CAD

  • Adult Learning and Development

    Perspectives From Educational Psychology

    Edited by M. Cecil Smith, Thomas Pourchot ...
    Series series Educational Psychology Series
    Adult education occurs whenever individuals engage in sustained, systematic learning in order to affect changes in their attitudes, knowledge, skills, or belief systems. Learning, instruction, and developmental processes are the primary foci of educational psychology research and theorizing, but educational psychologists' work in these domains has centered primarily on the childhood and adolescent ... Read more

    $104.99 CAD

  • Improving Testing For English Language Learners

    by Rebecca Kopriva ...
    More than any book to date, this one provides a comprehensive approach to designing, building, implementing and interpreting test results that validly measure the academic achievement of English language learners. It scaffolds the entire process of test development and implementation and discusses essential intervention points. The book provides the type of evidence-based guidance called for in ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Metacognition, Strategy Use, and Instruction

    Edited by Harriet Salatas Waters, PhD, Wolfgang Schneider, PhD ...
    Showcasing exemplary research programs, this book explores how the latest theories and findings on cognitive development can be used to improve classroom instruction. The focus is on how children acquire knowledge about the processes involved in learning—such as remembering, thinking, and problem solving—as well as strategies for mastering new information. The contributors are leading experts who ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • Applied Child Study

    A Developmental Approach

    by Anthony D. Pellegrini, David F. Bjorklund ...
    Child study is a very complex field. Human beings, and children, specifically, are very complex beings. Consequently, simple answers and solutions to problems are very often just that: too simple. This text presents principles and methods for studying children in the varied contexts in which they live and function. These theories and methods can be used as a kind of "tool kit" for application in a ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • Instruction and Assessment for Struggling Writers

    Evidence-Based Practices

    Edited by Gary A. Troia, PhD, CCC-SLP ...
    Series series Challenges in Language and Literacy
    This unique book focuses on how to provide effective instruction to K-12 students who find writing challenging, including English language learners and those with learning disabilities or language impairments. Prominent experts illuminate the nature of writing difficulties and offer practical suggestions for building students' skills at the word, sentence, and text levels. Topics include writing ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Improving Reading Comprehension through Metacognitive Reading Strategies Instruction

    This book addresses the need to help all students, including English learners, improve their ability to read with understanding so that they can succeed not just in their language and literacy classes, but also in their subject area classrooms. The book brings together a group of experts representing the fields of first and second language reading, whose chapters contribute in different yet ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Research in Applied Linguistics

    Becoming a Discerning Consumer

    by Fred L. Perry, Jr. ...
    Now in its third edition, this popular introduction to the foundations of research methods is designed to enable students and professionals in the field of applied linguistics to become not just casual consumers of research who passively read bits and pieces of a research article, but discerning consumers able to effectively use published research for practical purposes in educational settings. ... Read more

    $97.99 CAD

  • Design Research on Learning and Thinking in Educational Settings

    Enhancing Intellectual Growth and Functioning

    Edited by David Dai ...
    Series series Educational Psychology Series
    The key question this book addresses is how to identify and create optimal conditions for the kind of learning and development that is especially important for effectively functioning in the 21st century. Taking a new approach to this long-debated issue, it looks at how a design research-based science of learning (with its practical models and related design research) can provide insights and ... Read more

    $122.99 CAD

  • Reading Comprehension Strategies

    Theories, Interventions, and Technologies

    Edited by Danielle S. McNamara ...
    First published in 2007. The focus of this book is on the cognitive processes involved in comprehension, and moreover, on techniques that help readers improve their ability to comprehend text and it is also on reading comprehension strategies. Indeed, the use of effective reading comprehension strategies is perhaps the most important means to helping readers improve comprehension and learning from ... Read more

    $133.99 CAD