Authors:Michael C. McKenna PhD, Steven A. Stahl,
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Keywords: teaching, literacy, problems, solving, reading, instruction, assessment
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2003-07-09
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 1572308672
ISBN-13: 9781572308671

Combining essential background knowledge with hands-on tools, this practical resource and text provides a detailed roadmap for conducting multidimensional reading assessment. The authors’ research expertise and extensive classroom experience are reflected on every page. Presented are effective ways to evaluate K-6 students’ spelling, word recognition, fluency, comprehension, strategic knowledge, and more. Aided by lively case examples, preservice and inservice teachers and reading specialists learn to tailor assessment to the needs of each child and use results strategically to in

Authors:Scott G. Paris, Steven A. Stahl,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: reading, improvement, center, comprehension, children, assessment
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 2005-02-01
List price: $145.00
ISBN-10: 0805846557
ISBN-13: 9780805846553

Originating in a recent CIERA conference held at the University of Michigan, this book brings together the nation’s most distinguished researchers to examine how readers understand text and how comprehension is assessed. The first part provides both national and historical contexts for the study of reading comprehension. The second part examines how vocabulary, motivation, and expertise influence comprehension, and it includes analyses of the developmental course and correlates of comprehension. Chapters in the third part consider how schools focus on comprehension for instruction and as

Authors:Steven A. Stahl, William E. Nagy,
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Keywords: teaching, literacy, series, meanings, word
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2005-10
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0805843647
ISBN-13: 9780805843644

Learning new words is foundational to success in school and life. Researchers have known for years that how many word meanings a student knows is one of the strongest predictors of how well that student will understand text and be able to communicate through writing. This book is about how children learn the meanings of new words (and the concepts they convey) and how teachers can be strategic in deciding which words to teach, how to teach them, and which words not to teach at all. This book offers a comprehensive approach to vocabulary instruction. It offers not just practical classroom ac

Authors:Steven A. Stahl, William E. Nagy,
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Keywords: teaching, literacy, series, meanings, word
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2005-10
List price: $95.00
ISBN-10: 0805843639
ISBN-13: 9780805843637

Learning new words is foundational to success in school and life. Researchers have known for years that how many word meanings a student knows is one of the strongest predictors of how well that student will understand text and be able to communicate through writing. This book is about how children learn the meanings of new words (and the concepts they convey) and how teachers can be strategic in deciding which words to teach, how to teach them, and which words not to teach at all. This book offers a comprehensive approach to vocabulary instruction. It offers not just practical classroom ac

Authors:Anne van Kleeck, Steven A. Stahl, Eurydice B. Bauer,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: teachers, parents, children, books, reading
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2003-02-01
List price: $65.95
ISBN-10: 0805839690
ISBN-13: 9780805839692

On Reading Books to Children: Parents and Teachers brings together in one volume current research on adult book reading to children. The authors, drawn from around the world, are key researchers and eminent scholars from the fields of reading and literacy, child language, speech pathology, and psychology, representing multiple perspectives within these disciplines. Chapters on the effects and limitations of book sharing are integrated with chapters discussing promising programs on storybook research. The reality of reading to children is more complex than it appears on the surface. The author

Authors:Sunshine Siu Stahl, Kay D. Rizzo, Sunsine Sui Stahl,
Publisher: Pacific Press
Keywords: rising, star, red
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2006-03-31
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 0816321221
ISBN-13: 9780816321223

Author: Jack Stahl
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Keywords: leaders, levels, skills, management, leadership, fundamental, lessons
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-07-03
List price: $22.00
ISBN-10: 0793194741
ISBN-13: 9780793194742

Jack Stahl became a top executive of two world-famous corporations before the age of 50. Now, Stahl offers the down-to-earth approach to business leadership that fueled his meteoric rise through the corporate ranks. His practical solutions empower leaders to manage the critical issues they encounter every day and develop skills for a business lifetime.   Stahl organizes his leadership guidelines into seven categories, what he calls his “Frameworks for Success”: Leadership and Management, Creating a High-Capability Organization, Developing People, Brand Positioning with Consu