The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children / E.D. Hirsch, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.Description: xiii, 169 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0618657312 : HRD
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 428.4/071 22
LOC classification:
  • LB1050 .H567 2006
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Contents:
Why do we have a knowledge deficit? -- Sounding out : just the beginning of reading -- Knowledge of language -- Knowledge of things -- Using school time productively -- Using tests productively -- Achieving commonality and fairness.
Summary: Provides an analysis of the state of modern American education to trace a link between a lack of reading comprehension and poor performance and furnishes specific tools for parents to enhance a child's ability to read with comprehension.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index.

Why do we have a knowledge deficit? -- Sounding out : just the beginning of reading -- Knowledge of language -- Knowledge of things -- Using school time productively -- Using tests productively -- Achieving commonality and fairness.

Provides an analysis of the state of modern American education to trace a link between a lack of reading comprehension and poor performance and furnishes specific tools for parents to enhance a child's ability to read with comprehension.

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