Instructional Models in Reading / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780805814590 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 12/01/1996 Pages: 396 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Lexile: 1300L (what's this?) This book started with a simple idea — examine models of reading instruction that have emerged during the past 20 years. These models span a wide range of instruction representing a continuum from highly structured, task analytic instruction to child-centered and holistic instruction. Each model has its own epistemology or views on how "reading" and "instruction" are to be defined. The different epistemologies indicate different principles of instruction which, in turn, indicate different practices in the classroom. Each model is also supported by a different research base. In this volume, leading proponents of these different models discuss their ideas about reading instruction thereby encouraging readers to make their own comparisons and contrasts. The chapter authors seem to adopt the editors' eclectic approach—to