Preventing reading difficulties in young children
- C. Snow, M. Burns, P. Griffin
- Education
- 1998
This chapter discusses strategies for helping children with Reading Difficulties in Grades 1 to 3, as well as recommendations for practice and research.
Reading for Understanding: Toward an R&D Program in Reading Comprehension
- C. Snow
- Education
- 24 April 2002
It is argued that the primary challenge of improving reading performance in the early grades is now to incorporate research based knowledge systematically into teacher preparation and practice.
Reading Next: A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy
- Gina Biancarosa, C. Snow
- Education
- 2004
Closing the gap: Addressing the vocabulary needs of English‐language learners in bilingual and mainstream classrooms
- María S. Carlo, D. August, Claire White
- Linguistics, Education
- 6 April 2004
Gaps in reading performance between Anglo and Latino children are associated with gaps in vocabulary knowledge. An intervention was designed to enhance fifth graders' academic vocabulary. The…
Literacy and Language: Relationships during the Preschool Years
- C. Snow
- Education
- 1 July 1983
Drawing upon recent research findings and upon a case study of a child learning to talk and to read, Catherine Snow outlines the important similarities in the development of both language and…
The Critical Role of Vocabulary Development for English Language Learners
- D. August, María S. Carlo, C. Dressler, C. Snow
- Linguistics, Education
- 1 February 2005
English language learners (ELLs) who experience slow vocabulary development are less able to comprehend text at grade level than their English-only peers. Such students are likely to perform poorly…
Native Spanish-speaking children reading in English : Toward a model of comprehension
- C. P. Proctor, María S. Carlo, D. August, C. Snow
- Linguistics
- 1 May 2005
A structural equation model of second language (L2; English) reading comprehension was tested on a sample of 135 Spanish-speaking 4th-grade English-language learners (ELLs). The model included 2…
Maternal correlates of growth in toddler vocabulary production in low-income families.
Investigation of predictors of growth in toddlers' vocabulary production between the ages of 1 and 3 years by analyzing mother-child communication in 108 low-income families indicates large variation in growth across children.
Academic Language and the Challenge of Reading for Learning About Science
- C. Snow
- Education, Computer ScienceScience
- 23 April 2010
Students need help in learning academic vocabulary and how to process academic language if they are to become independent learners of science.
The Challenge of Academic Language
- C. Snow, P. Uccelli
- Education
- 2009
What is considered in this chapter is academic language, the language used in school, in writing, in public, in formal settings, or, more specifically, academic English, which is referred to in the literature using a variety of terms.
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