Saturday, July 02, 2005
Education Review Publishes Brief Reviews for July 2005
Education Review is an open accessall-electronic journal of book reviewsand has just published its July 2005 collection.These reviews can be accessed directly at:
The books reviewed and their reviewers are as follows:
Braunger, Jane; Donahue, David M.; Evans, Kate & Galguera, Tomás (2004). Rethinking Preparation for Content Area Teaching: The Reading Apprenticeship Approach. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Reviewed by Naomi Jeffery Petersen, Indiana University South Bend.
Burns, Edward (2004). The Special Education Consultant Teacher: Enabling Children with Disabilities to be Educated with Nondisabled Children to the Maximum Extent Possible. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. Reviewed by Kimberly Maich, Brock University.
Carr, Eileen; Aldinger, Loviah & Patberg, Judythe (2004). Teaching Comprehension: A Systematic and Practical Framework With Lessons and Strategies. New York: Scholastic Teaching Resources. Reviewed by Katie Wester Neal, University of Pennsylvania.
Chu, Godwin C. & Schramm, Wilbur (2004). Learning From Television: What the Research Says. Greenwich, Connecticut: Information Age Publishing. Reviewed by Letitia V. Fowler, Michigan State University.
Davidson, Bob; Davidson, Jan & Vanderkam, Laura (2004).Genius Denied: How to Stop Wasting Our Brightest Young Minds. New York: Simon & Schuster. Reviewed by Keely S. Porter, Portland State University.
Drapeau, Patti (2004). Differentiated Instruction: Making It Work: A Practical Guide to Planning, Managing, and Implementing Differentiated Instruction to Meet the Needs of All Learners. New York: Scholastic. Reviewed by Kathy Seibold, Oral Roberts University.
Routman, Regie (2005). Writing Essentials: Raising Expectations and Results While Simplifying Teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Reviewed by Danielle Werts, Portland State University.
Sax, Leonard (2005). Why Gender Matters: What Parentsand Teachers Need to Know About the Emerging Science of Sex Differences. New York: Doubleday. Reviewed by Stephanie Trudeaux, Adams State College.
Shaywitz, Sally (2003). Overcoming Dyslexia: A New and Complete Science-Based Program for Reading Problems at Any Level. New York: Knopf/Random House. Reviewed by Paula L. Bjork, Portland State University in Portland.
Simon, Liz (2005). Write as an Expert: Explicit Teaching of Genres. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Reviewed by Louis Lim, PhD student, York University, Toronto, Canada.
Sweeney, Alyse (2004). Teaching the Essentials of Reading with Picture Books: 15 Lessons that Use Favorite Picture Books to Teach Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Comprehension, and Vocabulary. New York: Scholastic Teaching Resources. Reviewed by Pam Guess, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Vuko, Evelyn Porreca (2004). Teacher Says: 30 Foolproof Ways to Help Kids Thrive in School. New York: Berkley Publishing Group Reviewed by Darcus D. Smith, University of Oklahoma.
Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
Gene V Glass, Editor
Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
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