Reading Research in Action: A Teacher's Guide for Student Success

by Peggy D. McCardle, Mark S. Innocenti

Teachers asked for a practical, no-nonsense book that shows them how to use scientifically based reading research (SBRR) in their everyday classroom instruction and improve their students' literacy outcomes. Now the SBRR guide every reading teacher wants is here—straight from the experts behind the bestselling Voice of Evidence in Reading Research . Peggy McCardle and Vinita Chhabra team with researcher and veteran educator Barbara Kapinus of the National Education Association. Inspired by questions from real teachers , the authors give K–8 educators clear and immediately useful answers about reading research and what it says about the elements of effective Answers to these critical questions come complete with simple, straightforward explanations of research and brief, applicable vignettes that demonstrate how to work research-based practices into classroom reading instruction. A user-friendly guide that's truly responsive to teachers' needs, this must-have book will help educators see all the benefits of instruction based on research—and use it skillfully in today's classrooms to make all their students better readers.

283 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 2008

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is basically a synthesis of a lot of research that's been done in several areas of reading instruction -- vocab, comprehension, phonics, etc. It's a decent book but it was one of the last ones I read in my program and I found that it really seemed to tell me a lot of what I already knew. This is probably good if you don't know a ton about reading research and you want to have a single source to go to.