Self-Paced Phonics: A Text for Education

by Roger S. Dow

KEY BENEFIT Readers can use this self-regulating, self-monitoring resource to get practical instruction for developing a sound understanding of both the content and pedagogy of phonics. KEY TOPICS Emergent Literacy and Phonics, Teaching Consonants and Vowels, Syllabication and Accenting, Diagnostic Teaching MARKET Pre-service and practicing teachers

Genres: Teaching

Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[Mandee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did not want to read this book because I learned to read at an early age and never really thought about how I learned to do so. Also I was nervous about phonics, because looking at my children's work it seemed complicated. However it really does give you the information that you need in order to better understand phonics. Now lets see if I can pass the test.

[Alberto · Rating 2 out of 5]

Whenever I am forced to read an education textbook, I always adjust my expectations downward. Yet these texts never fail to disappoint anyway.

Self-Paced Phonics is allegedly 150 pages but contains less than 50 pages of useful text. Chapter 1 is an introduction devoid of content, chapter 2 is a pretest, chapter 3 is a glossary (although the book has a separate glossary). Each chapter ends with an extensive chapter review test AND a cumulative review test (e.g., chapter 4 has a 1-4 test, chapter 4 has 1-5 test). Chapter 9 is a post-test.

What's there is moderately useful, but there's almost nothing there. Definitely not worth $20.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good text to learn the basics of phonics and phonemic awareness and the vocabulary that goes with it.