The Resource The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children, E.D. Hirsch, Jr
The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children, E.D. Hirsch, Jr
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- Summary
- Hirsch shows why American students perform less well than students in other industrialized countries. Drawing on classroom observation, the history of ideas, and current scientific understanding of the patterns of intellectual growth, he builds the case that our schools have indeed made progress in teaching the mechanics of reading, but do not convey the more complex and essential content needed for reading comprehension. Hirsch reasons that literacy depends less on formal reading 'skills' and more on exposure to rich knowledge. His argument gives parents specific tools for enhancing their child's ability to read with comprehension; shows how No-Child-Left-Behind tests and SATs are measuring a kind of knowledge that is not being taught in our schools; and maps out how American schools can become a strong antidote to poverty and to the race-based achievement gap, and thus fulfill our democratic ideal for our children.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 169 p.
- Contents
-
- The origins of the 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
- Isbn
- 9780618657315
- Label
- The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children
- Title
- The knowledge deficit
- Title remainder
- closing the shocking education gap for American children
- Statement of responsibility
- E.D. Hirsch, Jr
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Hirsch shows why American students perform less well than students in other industrialized countries. Drawing on classroom observation, the history of ideas, and current scientific understanding of the patterns of intellectual growth, he builds the case that our schools have indeed made progress in teaching the mechanics of reading, but do not convey the more complex and essential content needed for reading comprehension. Hirsch reasons that literacy depends less on formal reading 'skills' and more on exposure to rich knowledge. His argument gives parents specific tools for enhancing their child's ability to read with comprehension; shows how No-Child-Left-Behind tests and SATs are measuring a kind of knowledge that is not being taught in our schools; and maps out how American schools can become a strong antidote to poverty and to the race-based achievement gap, and thus fulfill our democratic ideal for our children.--From publisher description
- Summary
- Analyzes the state of modern American education, arguing that our schools do not convey complex content needed for reading comprehension and links lack of reading comprehension to poor performance; furnishes specific tools for parents on how to enhance a child's ability to read with comprehension; and maps out how American schools can become an antidote to poverty and fulfill our democratic ideal for our children
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 211810
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1928-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hirsch, E. D.
- Dewey number
- 428.4/071
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LB1050
- LC item number
- .H567 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reading
- Reading
- Literacy
- Education
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- closing the shocking education gap for American children
- Label
- The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children, E.D. Hirsch, Jr
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index
- Contents
- The origins of the 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
- Control code
- ocm61361532
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 169 p.
- Isbn
- 9780618657315
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2005023075
- Other control number
- 9780618657315
- Label
- The knowledge deficit : closing the shocking education gap for American children, E.D. Hirsch, Jr
- Link
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 139-158) and index
- Contents
- The origins of the 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
- Control code
- ocm61361532
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- xiii, 169 p.
- Isbn
- 9780618657315
- Isbn Type
- (hc.)
- Lccn
- 2005023075
- Other control number
- 9780618657315
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