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Author:

Mesmer, Heidi Anne E.

Title:

Tools for matching readers to texts : research-based practices / Heidi Anne E. Mesmer.

Publisher:

Guilford Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xi, 180 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Reading (Elementary)--United States.
Children--Books and reading--United States.
Book selection--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-176) and index.

Contents:

Using text analysis tools to match readers to texts -- Traditional readability formulas -- Second-generation readability formulas : lexiles and degrees of reading power -- Textual scaffolds for beginning readers : qualitative leveling, decodability, and vocabulary control -- Choosing text analysis tools : successful schools -- Using text analysis tools : successful primary teachers -- Using text analysis tools : successful intermediate teachers.

Series:

Solving problems in the teaching of literacy

ISBN:

1593855982 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781593855987 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1593855974 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781593855970 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007037699

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)