remedial teaching

The author, a psychologist, explains why teaching children to read with phonics, the whole language method, or some combination of the two does not work and how reading should be taught through hearing the sounds of language and a working knowledge of the spelling code.

A guide to RTI--Response to Intervention--for education leaders, discussing ways to evaluate core instruction and determine the needs of students, and covering the management of core instruction and intervention, with tips on effectively using teacher resources.