remedial teaching

Provides information about dyslexia, looks at what scientific breakthroughs have revealed about the reading disorder, and presents a step-by-step program parents can follow to help their dyslexic children, or that older students and adults can use to develop reading skills.

A comic strip version of the tale of a young German scientist who creates a monster and endows him with life, only to have his creation turn upon him.

Success stories of children who overcame their dyslexic learning disability. Text printed for easy reading by dyslexic children.

The author draws upon her six years of teaching 8-12-year-olds of delayed reading proficiency in the University of Iowa summer reading program to outline a workshop format for instructing children with a wide range of reading abilities.

The author, a reading specialist, shares some of the problems she has faced in her own classroom; explains how she addressed the dilemma, focusing on what good readers do to make sense of text; and offers suggestions teachers can use to make content more accessible.

Examines discoveries in neuroscience on how the brain develops and on the link between cognition and emotion, looks at interactions between teachers and students that lead to accelerated reading and writing progress, and discusses the reasoning of expert teachers.

The author assists educators moving towards more meaning-focused approaches in reading and writing--"whole language.".

Recounts the true story of three students with learning disabilities who sued the New York City school system for failing to teach them to read by the time they got to high school.

Presents methods of helping third through sixth graders with literacy problems, covering such topics as motivation, small-group instruction, differentiated instruction, and standardized tests.