Miscue Analysis Made Easy : Building on Student Strengths

Miscue Analysis Made Easy : Building on Student Strengths

Understanding what students do when they read, and then helping them take the next step, can be easy for an informed teacher. For Sandra Wilde, the key is to focus on the strengths students bring to the process and build from there. With <i>Miscue Analysis Made Easy,</i> Wilde leads the way, offering a lucid, commonsense explanation of what exactly reading is and how it works. <p> Beginning with a series of lively, interactive exercises <i>Miscue Analysis Made Easy</i> leads us through the thinking processes and linguistic systems that readers use to build their understanding of text. Through a careful review of these systems, we then learn to assess what readers <i>can</i> do. An easy-to-use, step-by-step diagnostic procedure, including a thoughtful retelling guide, helps us to identify and then maximize the student's specific strengths. Wilde also offers ideas on how to help students develop the self-monitoring strategies they need to keep track of their own meaning-making process as they read.