What Reading Research Tells Us About Children With Diverse Learning Needs: Bases and Basics (The LEA Series on Special Education and Disability)

The purpose of this book is to communicate findings of a research synthesis investigating the bases of reading failure and the curricular and instructional basics to help guide the design and advancement of children's reading performance. The synthesis--completed by the National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators (NCITE) and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs--was conducted as part of NCITE's mission to improve the quality of educational tools that largely shape practice in American schools. This book is designed to communicate findings of a research synthesis investigating the bases of reading failure and the curricular and instructional basics to help guide the design and advancement of children's reading performance. It provides in-depth analyses and discussion of six areas of reading, summarizing what the research tells about students with diverse learning needs and abstracts common findings into guidelines for understanding reading failure and reading practices. The volume is organized into six sections corresponding to the six areas of reading reviewed: emergent literacy, phonological awareness, word recognition, vocabulary acquisition, text organization, and metacognitive strategies. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction" (Deborah C. Simmons and Edward J. Kameenui); (2) "Emergent Literacy: Research Bases" (Barbara K. Gunn, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (3) "Emergent Literacy: Instructional and Curricular Basics and Implications" (Barbara K. Gunn, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (4) "Phonological Awareness: Research Bases (Sylvia B. Smith, Deborah D. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (5)"Phonological Awareness: Instructional and Curricular Basics and Implications" (Sylvia B. Smith, Deborah D. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (6) "Word Recognition: Research Bases (David J. Chard, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (7) "Word Recognition: Instructional and Curricular Basics and Implications: (David J. Chard, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (8) "Vocabulary Acquisition: Research Bases" (Scott K. Baker, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (9) "Vocabulary Acquisition: Instructional and Curricular Basics and Implications" (Scott K. Baker, Deborah D. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (10) "Text Organization: Research Bases (Shirley V. Dickson, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (11) "Text Organization: Instructional and Curricular Basics and Implications" (Shirley V. Dickson, Deobrah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui); (12) "Metacognitive Strategies: Research Bases (Shirley V. Dickson, Vicki L. Collins, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui; and (13) "Metacognitive Strategies: Instructional and Curricular Basics and Implications" (Shirley V. Dickson, Vicki L. Collins, Deborah C. Simmons, and Edward J. Kameenui." (Each chapter includes references.) (CR) Introduction / Deborah C. Simmons [and] Edward Kameenui -- Emergent Literacy : Research Bases / Barbara K. Gunn, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Emergent Literacy : Instructional And Curricular Basics And Implications / Barbara K. Gunn, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Phonological Awareness : Research Bases / Sylvia B. Smith, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Phonological Awareness : Instructional And Curricular Basics And Implications / Sylvia B. Smith, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Word Recognition : Research Bases / David J. Chard, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Word Recognition : Instructional And Curricular Basics And Implications / David J. Chard, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Vocabulary Acquisition : Research Bases / Scott K. Baker, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Vocabulary Acquisition : Instructional And Curricular Basics And Implications / Scott K. Baker, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Text Organization : Research Bases / Shirley V. Dickson, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Text Organization : Instructional And Curricular Basics And Implications / Shirley V. Dickson, Deborah C. Simmons, [and] Edward Kameenui -- Metacognitive Strategies : Research Bases / Shirley V. Dickson [and Others] -- Metacognitive Strategies : Instructional And Curricular Basics And Implications / Shirley V. Dickson [and Others]. Edited By Deborah C. Simmons, Edward J. Kameenui. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. The purpose of this study is to communicate the findings of a research synthesis in America, investigating the bases of reading failure and the curricular and instructional basics to help guide the design and advancement of children's reading performance. The aim of this volume is to review reading research and merge it with instructional and curricular basics so that diverse learners can become successful readers.