How the Brain Learns to Read

By David A. Sousa and David A Sousa

Book Overview

A modern classic, updated for today's classroom needs

No skill is more fundamental to our students' education than reading. And no recent book has done more to advance our understanding of the neuroscience behind this so-critical skill than David Sousa's How the Brain Learns to Read.

Top among the second edition's many new features are:

Correlations to the Common Core State Standards A new chapter on how to teach for comprehension Much more on helping older struggling readers master subject-area content Ways to tailor strategies to the unique needs of struggling learners Key links between how the brain learns spoken and written language

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1483333949
• ISBN13: 9781483333946
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Corwin Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Great BOOK!

I enjoyed this book VERY MUCH! It was a text for my student teaching and it was great! :-)

Fabulous information

Rather than lumping everyone into one box, this enlightens us to understand how the brain is so different in each individual impacting their ability to read, and learn in the process.

Chris Cannon, Author of "Diagnosing the Destruction of Young Men"

How The Brain Learns, is an exceptional resource for understanding the most effective ways to grasp information. This should be required reading for anyone in the educational field. It's helped to remove the barrier that stands in the way of average teachers becoming great and trouble students being seen as gifted. As the founder of www.Fighting4Youth.com, I've addressed these types of issues several times among students and teachers. However, it wasn't until I received this eye opening information from Dr. Sousa, that allowed me to truly be effectively in my quest to meeting these needs.

Awesome Info on Brain Development

I am a staff developer for teachers and parents regarding children from pre-birth to 99. The information that Sousa delivers in this text is invaluable. It helps us to understand in layman's terms, exactly what is involved in the brain and learning to read. Sousa is a topnotch author writing in a way that is so user friendly for parents, teachers, caretakers, administration.... I use his books like bibles when I instruct. Thank you Dr. Sousa for your wonderful gifts ....

How the Brain Learns to Read

This book should be required reading for any teacher of reading. It is very readable and hard to put down.