How to Teach Reading: Research-based strategies for success with decoding and comprehension (10)

Extensive research has revealed a range of components that contribute to effective teaching of reading. Yet few reliable resources have translated that evidence into a format that teachers can put to use in the classroom. Enter How to Teach Reading: Research-based strategies for success with decoding and comprehension, an accessible guide on how to harness key research insights to benefit students' reading skills.

This informative resource unpacks the science of reading in plain language, as well as providing insights into the "code" of written English that will help in developing meaningful reading programmes. From these foundations, it describes effective strategies for teaching decoding and comprehension that build from the research findings on "what works". After outlining methods for teaching word recognition and language comprehension, it brings all of this together in a comprehensive literacy programme. Other keys to success addressed in this resource are teaching approaches with students who have reading difficulties and how to use children's literature to give students a strong sense of why they want to be a reader.

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Dr Helen Walls is a professional learning facilitator and educational researcher, with 20 years' experience working in schools. She is committed to raising achievement in writing by sharing evidence-based, practical methods to engage every student. Helen is managing director of The Writing Teacher, a consultancy that provides writing workshops and resources for teachers, all accessible online. She is also a member of the Massey University school support team. For her PhD thesis, Helen conducted two empirical studies into the teaching of writing, which included a trial of the Fast Feedback Formative Evaluation System outlined in this book. She has published with The Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties and The Education Hub.