Böcker av Jan Burkins

From phonological processing to brain research to orthographic mapping to self-teaching hypothesis, Shifting the Balance cuts through the rhetoric (and the sciencey science) to offer readers a practical guide to decision-making about beginning reading instruction.

In their follow-up to Reading Wellness, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris explore how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob students of important learning opportunities and independence. Who's Doing the Work? suggests ways to make small but powerful adjustments to instruction that hold students accountable for their own learning.

There seems to be much confusion surrounding guided reading - the term even means something different from school to school. Now you can turn to the experience of authors Jan Burkins and Melody Croft to prevent guided reading from going astray. Jan and Melody present personal clarifications, adaptations, and supports that have helped them work through their own tricky parts as they guide readers.