Turning Struggles into Successes: Helping Students Become Successful Readers - Softcover

Mary Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974287725 ISBN 13: 9780974287720

Publisher: Reading Connections Pub, 2004

Synopsis

Dr. Howard's "Turning Struggles into Successes" provides teachers with dozens of effective strategies to help struggling readers improve comprehension, fluency, sight word recognition, and to assume a more active role in the learning process. Teachers will learn how to maximize the potential of every child and discover strategies that students will use for a lifetime. The book includes a DVD seminar that can be used over and over to instruct educators and support staff.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Mary Howard, an internationally renowned expert in the field of literacy, is an advocate for the struggling reader. She has a doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction from Oklahoma State University and a master's degree in Special Education. With 33 years of experience in education, she continues to work directly with children and their teachers in classrooms nationwide.

Review

"Mary Howard offers a wealth of practical, research-based strategies you can count on." --Joy Paquin and Colleen Politano, authors, Brain-Based Learning with Class

Edition details

• Publisher: Reading Connections Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0974287725
• ISBN 13: 9780974287720
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 152