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Overview"Assessment in Emergent Literacy is a practical guide to identifying preschool and early school-aged children's strengths and needs across multiple domains of emergent and early literacy, to include phonological awareness, print awareness, narrative, vocabulary, and motivation. Specific approaches to assessing and monitoring growth in ""high priority"" areas of literacy are provided. This handbook also provides guidance for evaluating children's learning environments, including supports with the home and classroom.This user-friendly manual: Discusses the importance of supporting children's learning and development through assessment Presents special considerations for assessment, including information regarding assessing children who are English Language Learners, assessing children who have disabilities, and assessing children in unique classroom and home contexts Provides practical recommendations for how early literacy professionals might use the information they gain from assessments to make decisions regarding the amount and types of professional development that teachers require or the kinds of activities and practices toward which early literacy professionals should direct additional attention Written to serve as the ideal resource for early literacy professionals at both pre-professional and post-graduate levels, it is also an essential volume for reading specialists, literacy coaches, special educators, speech-language pathologists, preschool teachers, kindergarten teachers and others involved with planning and conducting assessments in programs serving children who have not yet begun formal reading instruction." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Khara PencePublisher: Plural Publishing Inc Imprint: Plural Publishing Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.889kg ISBN: 9781597560979ISBN 10: 1597560979 Pages: 549 Publication Date: 01 November 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsAssessing Contexts of Learning and Development Introduction: Measuring Contexts of Learning and Development and Children's Early Literacy Growth Khara L. Pence, Ph.D. Assessing Classroom Language and Literacy Richness Alice K. Wiggins, M.Ed., Kelly A. Marshall, M.Ed., and Sarah A. F. Friel, BSC, MSC, CCC-SLP Assessing Professionals' Knowledge and Skills Marcia R. Davidson, Ph.D. and Paula F. Moore, Ed.D. Assessing Home Supports for Literacy Tricia A. Zucker, B.B.A, M.Ed. and Staci L. Grant, M.Ed. Assessing Implementation of Literacy Curricula Sharon Walpole, Ph.D. and Katrin L. Blamey, M.A. Assessing the Quality of Storybook Reading Margaret M. Sutton, M.Ed., Amy E. Sofka, M.Ed., Kathryn E. Bojczyk, Ph.D., and Stephanie M. Curenton, Ph.D. Assessing Children's Growth and Development. Assessing Phonological Awareness C. Melanie Schuele, Ph.D., Lori E. Skibbe, Ph.D., and Prema K.S. Rao, Ph.D. Assessing Print Knowledge Sonia Q. Cabell, M.Ed., Anita S. McGinty, M.A., CCC-SLP, and Laura M. Justice, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Assessing Narrative Development Stephanie M. Curenton, Ph.D. and Tamika D. Lucas, M.Ed., CCC-SLP Assessing Vocabulary Development Khara L. Pence, Ph.D., Kathryn E. Bojczyk, Ph.D., and Rihana S. Williams, Ph.D. Assessing Literacy Motivation and Orientation Erin M. McTigue, Ph.D., Angela R. Beckman, M.S., CCC-SLP, and Joan N. Kaderavek, Ph.D., CCC-SLPReviewsAuthor InformationKhara Pence, Ph.D. Khara L. Pence, Ph.D. is a Research Faculty in the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia. Contributors Alice Wiggins, M.Ed. Amy Sofka, M.Ed. Angela Beckman, M.S. Anita McGinty, M.A. C. Melanie Schuele, Ph.D. Erin McTigue, Ph.D. Joan Kaderavek, Ph.D. Kathryn Bojczyk, Ph.D. Katrin Blamey, M.A. Kelly Marshall, M.Ed. Laura Justice, Ph.D. Lori Skibbe, Ph.D. Marcia Davidson, Ph.D. Margaret Sutton, M.Ed. Paula Moore, Ed.D. Prema Rao, Ph.D. Rihana Williams, Ph.D. Sarah Friel, B.Sc., M.Sc. Sharon Walpole, Ph.D. Sonia Cabell, M.Ed. Staci Grant, M.Ed. Stephanie Curenton, Ph.D. Tamika Lucas, M.Ed. Tricia Zucker, B.B.A, M.Ed. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |