Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print
by Marilyn Jager Adams
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Author: Marilyn Jager AdamsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-02-03
ISBN: 0262510766
Number of pages: 504
Publisher: The MIT Press
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Book Review: Good investigation of reading
Summary: 4 Stars
Adams' text is seminal in the field of literacy, especially early literacy. Of course, originally published in 1990, the text is slightly out-dated, especially considering the vast body of educational and psychological research which has emerged in the past 18 years. However, as a seminal text, its influence is quite profound. The only reason it's marked a four instead of five is that Adams forgets that phonics is part of whole language (see Weaver's and Goodman's research and texts on reading) and was not meant to be separated from whole language. Instead, phonics instruction is contextual and authentic (based on reading/writing activities in which the students participate). Read Frank Smith, Ken Goodman, Yetta Goodman & Eileen Burke, and Constance Weaver for some good analyses of reading - and definitely look for their research studies.
Summary of Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about Print
Beginning to Read reconciles the debate that has divided theorists for decades over the "right" way to help children learn to read. Drawing on a rich array of research on the nature and development of reading proficiency, Adams shows educators that they need not remain trapped in the phonics versus teaching-for-meaning dilemma. She proposes that phonics can work together with the whole language approach to teaching reading and provides an integrated treatment of the knowledge and process involved in skillful reading, the issues surrounding their acquisition, and the implications for reading instruction.A Bradford Book
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