Product Description: This book discusses and provides teaching recommendations for the Instructions and Assessment standards of the IRA's Standards for Reading Professionals, Revised, 1998. This is a book like no other in the market. In an eloquent and user-friendly manner, Armbruster and Osborn - both well-known in reading instruction - explain and elaborate the most recent reading standards published by the International Reading Association (Standards for Reading Professionals, Revised, 1998)...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The study of the psychological and cultural foundations of education has been a cornerstone of teacher education since the early 20th century. And in the current climate of deep concern over educatinal imperatives, foundations have come to assume an almost atavistic importance...read more