Twentieth Century Reading Education: Understanding Practices of Today in Terms of Patterns of the Past

Giordano, Gerard 2000 Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 , Vol. 8 ( Serie ) Leiden; Boston : BRILL 9789004454125 | 9780762306602 | BRILL9789004454125 Abstract

Examines twentieth century reading education. This book explores attempts by educators and psychologists to answer theoretical as well as practical questions about why only some students developed literacy skills. It looks at the efforts to prevent reading failure as well as to aid those learners who had not learned to read.