Multiple Perspectives on Difficulties in Learning Literacy and Numeracy

by Claire Wyatt-Smith (Editor), John Elkins (Editor), Stephanie Gunn (Editor)

Overview

There are many approaches to researching the difficulties in learning that students experience in the key areas of literacy and numeracy. This book seeks to advance understanding of these difficulties and the interventions that have been used to improve outcomes. The book addresses the sometimes complementary and sometimes contradictory results, and generates new approaches to understanding and serving students with difficulties in literacy and numeracy. The book represents a departure from conventional wisdom as most scholars and graduate students draw upon ideas from only one of the three domains focal in the book and usually from one single or dominant theoretical frame. Typically, readers will affiliate with reading education, mathematics education, or learning disabilities and belong to one of the corresponding professional associations such as IRA, NCTM, or CLD. This book’s scope will open a scholarly forum for engaging readers with a familiarity with one of these domains while providing insight into the others on offer in the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402088636
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	11/05/2010
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	375
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

1 Theoretical Frameworks and Ways of Seeing: Operating at the Intersection-Literacy, Numeracy and Learning Difficulties Claire Wyatt-Smith John Elkins 1

2 Learning Difficulties, Literacy and Numeracy: Conversations Across the Fields Stephanie Gunn Claire Wyatt-Smith 17

3 Researching the Opportunities for Learning for Students with Learning Difficulties in Classrooms: An Ethnographic Perspective Judith Green Maria Lucia Castanheira Beth Yeager 49

4 The New Literacies of Online Reading Comprehension: New Opportunities and Challenges for Students with Learning Difficulties Jill Castek Lisa Zawilinski J. Greg McVerry W. Ian O'Byrne Donald J. Leu 91

5 Literacy, Technology and the Internet: What Are the Challenges and Opportunities for Learners with Reading Difficulties, and How Do We Support Them in Meeting Those Challenges and Grasping Those Opportunities? Colin Harrison 111

6 Essential Provisions for Quality Learning Support: Connecting Literacy, Numeracy and Learning Needs Peta Colbert 133

7 'Reading' the Home and Reading in School: Framing Deficit Constructions as Learning Difficulties in Singapore English Classrooms Anneliese Kramer-Dahl Dennis Kwek 159

8 Parent, Family and Community Support for Addressing Difficulties in Literacy Janice Wearmouth Mere Berryman 179

9 Enhancing Reading Comprehension Through Explicit Comprehending-Strategy Teaching John Munro 197

10 The Writing Achievement, Metacognitive Knowledge of Writing and Motivation of Middle-School Students with Learning Difficulties Christina E. van Kraayenoord Karen B. Moni Anne Jobling John Elkins David Koppenhaver Robyn Miller 213

11 The Role of Self-Monitoring in Initial Word-Recognition Learning Robert M. Schwartz Patricia A. Gallant 235

12 Effective Instruction for Older, Low-Progress Readers: Meeting the Needs of Indigenous Students Kevin Wheldall Robyn Beaman 255

13 Actualising Potential in the Classroom: Moving from Practising To Be Numerate Towards Engaging in the Literate Practice of Mathematics Raymond Brown 275

14 Effective Instruction in Mathematics for Students with Learning Difficulties Marjorie Montague 295

15 Language, Culture and Learning Mathematics: A Bourdieuian Analysis of Indigenous Learning Robyn Jorgensen (Zevenbergen) 315

16 'She's Not in My Head or in My Body': Developing Identities of Exclusion and Inclusion in Whole-Class Discussions Laura Black 331

17 Breaking Down the Silos: The Search for an Evidentiary Base John Elkins Claire Wyatt-Smith 349

Author Index 359

Subject Index 369

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book is likely to be found soon on all recommended reading lists for graduate and postgraduate students pursuing studies in special and inclusive education. It is also relevant reading for students undertaking courses in the teaching of reading and mathematics. … brings together under one cover the diverse theories, perspectives and studies that have hitherto been confined to discipline-specific texts and professional journals. … the book has probably achieved its purpose in advancing our understanding of issues surrounding learning difficulties in literacy and numeracy.” (Peter Westwood, Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, Vol. 17 (1), May, 2012)

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