Clay 1989

Clay, Marie M. 1989.The early detection of reading difficulties. 3rd edition. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. 136 pages. 0868632767. Location: Dallas SIL Library 372.43 C621e. Interest level: specialist.

Outlines the systematic observation of young children in the classroom to determine which students, if any, need a second chance to learn reading. Includes a diagnostic survey of various reading and writing skills with a special emphasis on progress and evaluation.

Describes the Reading Recovery program, an early intervention system which first reinforces what the child knows and then moves into the instruction phase.

Gives recovery procedures for an array of reading problems, such as

• word analysis
• sequencing, and
• letter-sound correspondences.

Discusses initial research as well as two follow-up studies.

• Bibliography module: Clay 1989
• In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): C
• In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
• In document collection: Reference materials
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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