Once again from Gene V Glass (glass@ASU.EDU) to EDREV@ASU.EDU

Education Review is an open access electronic journal publishing reviews of books in education. The Education Review has published 1,500 reviews since its inception in 1998. All reviews are freely accessible on the internet at


The Education Review publishes reviews in Spanish and Portuguese as well as in English. The following
books have just been reviewed:

Gasman, Marybeth & Sedgwick, Katherine V. (Eds.) (2005). Uplifting a People: African American Philanthropy and Education. N.Y.: Peter Lang Publishing, Inc. Reviewed by Jon N. Hale, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Bouchard, Margaret T. (2005). Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners. New York: Scholastic. Reviewed by Reviewed by Cynthia Crosser, University of Maine.

Burke, Jim (2005). Accessing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Reviewed by Katie Wester Neal, Sterling, Virginia.

Capellini, Mary T. (2005). Balancing Reading and Language Learning: A Resource for Teaching English Language Learners, K-5. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers. Reviewed by by Cynthia Crosser, University of Maine.

Carden, Kathleen A. & Godley-Sugrue, Mary (2005). Grade 1 Writing Curriculum: Week-by-Week Lessons. New York: Scholastic. Reviewed by Nobuko Fujita, OISE/University of Toronto.

Cunningham, Patricia M. (2005). Phonics They Use: Words for Reading and Writing. Fourth edition. Boston: Pearson/Allyn & Bacon. Reviewed by John Sundahl, Portland State University.

McTighe, Jay & Wiggins, Grant (2005). Understanding by Design. Second Edition. Alexandria, Virginia: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Reviewed by Jennifer Reed, University of Nebraska.

Muldaur, Sheila (2004). Genre Assessments for Fables, Fairy Tales, and Fantasies. with Reading Passages for Genre Assessments for Fables, Fairy Tales, and Fantasies. The Proficient Reader Record series. Katonah, NY: Richard C. Owen. Reviewed by Gladys Sterenberg, University of Lethbridge.

Parini, Jay (2005). The Art of Teaching. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Reviewed by Shellie Hipsky, Robert Morris University.

Pellegrini, Anthony D. (2005). Recess: Its Role in Education and Development. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Reviewed by Eric Jabal, OISE/University of Toronto.

Shaw, Darla (2005). Retelling Strategies to Improve Comprehension: Effective Hands-On Strategies for Fiction and Nonfiction That Help Students Remember and Understand What They Read. New York: Scholastic. Reviewed by Dr. Sandy Thomas, Center Point School, Birmingham, Alabama.

Snow, Catherine; Griffin, Peg & Burns, M. Susan (Editors). (2005). Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading: Preparing Teachers for a Changing World. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Reviewed by Robert F. Walch, Monterey, California.

Spandel, Vicki (2005). The 9 Rights of Every Writer: A Guide for Teachers. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Reviewed by Christopher Palmi, National-Louis University.

Wassermann, Selma (2004). This Teaching Life: How I Taught Myself to Teach. New York: Teachers College Press. Reviewed by Matthew Magnuson, Miami University.

Khong, Lana Yiu Lan. (2004). Family Matters: The Role of Parents in Singapore Education. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic. Reviewed by David Pang, Auckland, New Zealand.

This review can be accessed under Recent Reviews on the journal homepage http://edrev.asu.edu.

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