Thursday, July 06, 2006
Education Review Publishes Brief Reviews for July 2006
Education Review is an open access all-electronic journal of book reviews residing at
Education Review publishes brief reviews of new books monthly, and has just published brief reviews for July 2006. These reviews can be accessed directly at
The books reviewed and their reviewers are as follows:
Bennett-Armistead, V. Susan; Duke, Nell K. & Moses, Annie M. (2005). Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to 5. New York: Scholastic.____________________________________________________
Reviewed by Bette J. Shellhorn, Eastern Michigan University
Bracey, Gerald W. (2006). Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Reviewed by Robert Nicholas Bérard, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cooper, J. David; Chard, David & Kiger, Nancy D. (2006). The Struggling Reader: Interventions That Work. New York: Scholastic.
Reviewed by Bette J. Shellhorn, Eastern Michigan University
Dodge, Judith (2005). Differentiation in Action: A Complete Resource with Research- Supported Strategies to Help You Plan and Organize Differentiated Instruction and Achieve Success with All Learners, Grades 4-12. New York: Scholastic.
Reviewed by Maria Carreira, California State University, Long Beach.
Gaskins, Irene West (2005). Success With Struggling Readers: The Benchmark School Approach. New York: Guilford.
Reviewed by Michelle Savage, San Marcos CISD, San Marcos, Texas.
Miller, Sherman N. (2005) Teaching College Algebra: Reversing the Effects of Social Promotion. Latham, MD: Rowman Education.
Reviewed by John E. Karayan, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Nathan, Rebekah (2005). My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
Reviewed by Nancy Donovan, Florida State University
Ryan, James (2005). Inclusive Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Reviewed by Edith J. Cisneros-Cohernour, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán.
Tatum, Alfred (2005) Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males: Closing the Achievement Gap. Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.
Reviewed by Francine Giles Madrey, Winston-Salem State University.
Kate Corby, Brief Reviews Editor
Gene V Glass, Editor
Gustavo Fischman, Editor for Spanish & Portuguese
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