Informal Tests for Diagnosing Specific Reading Problems

Stephen A. Pavlak

ISBN 10: 0134648013 / ISBN 13: 9780134648019

Published by Pearson Education (US), 1984

About this Item

This resource provides over 70 ready--to--use informal diagnostic tests and other evaluative aids to help reading specialists and classroom teachers identify students' individual reading problems in order to prescribe effective corrective or remedial instructions. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations, forms. BIC Classification: JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 284 x 219 x 9. Weight in Grams: 430. . 1984. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # V9780134648019

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Informal Tests for Diagnosing Specific Reading Problems
• Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0134648013
• ISBN 13: 9780134648019
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This resource provides over 70 ready-to-use informal diagnostic tests and other evaluative aids to help reading specialists and classroom teachers identify students' individual reading problems in order to prescribe effective corrective or remedial instructions. These diagnostic aids cover the basic skill areas of phonic analysis, structural analysis, and comprehension at primary and intermediate levels, as well as survival reading skills at the intermediate and upper levels.

About the Author

Stephen A. Pavlak, Ph.D., has taught and supervised reading on both the elementary and secondary levels. As a reading supervisor, he organized a complete diagnostic and remedial reading program in his own school district.
Since 1971, Dr. Pavlak has been on the faculty of the California University of Pennsylvania, where he presently serves as a chairperson of the Elementary Education Department and teaches in the Reading Program. He also serves as a consultant to public and private schools on the development of reading programs and has participated in many reading and language arts programs on the local, state, and national levels.
Dr. Pavlak earned his M.Ed. degrees in Elementary Education and Reading from the California University and his Ph.D. with a major in Reading from the University of Pittsburgh.