Reading & Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties (Table 1)

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Abstract

Reading & Writing Quarterly provides direction for educating PreK – grade 12 students for literacy. It disseminates critical information to improve instruction for regular and special education students who have or who are at-risk for having difficulty learning to read and write. Interdisciplinary in scope, the journal addresses causes, prevention, evaluation, and remediation of reading and writing difficulties. It encourages manuscripts on teaching reading and writing processes to students experiencing difficulties in these areas. Possible topics include adjustments for language-learning, literature-based reading programs, teaching reading and writing, study strategies, language-centered computer curricula, oral language connections to literacy, cooperative learning approaches to reading and writing, direct instruction, curriculum-based assessment, impacts of environmental factors on instructional effectiveness, and improvement of self-esteem.

Author

• Roya Q. Scales, Western Carolina University