The Missing Parts of Whole Language (and Balanced Literacy)

The Missing Parts of Whole Language lays out for educators the most relevant findings related to reading development and reading difficulties. It does so in an easy-to-read fashion without technical jargon. The reprinted edition remains as fresh and current today as when it was first written.

Since the original publication of The Missing Parts of Whole Language, research has added much theoretical understanding. Yet most of the scientific findings that support practical instructional and intervention efforts were well established when Dr. Truch wrote. Scientists have yet to develop intervention methods that get better results than the highly effective approaches described in this book.

The recent “science of reading” movement has been largely founded upon the findings you will read about in The Missing Parts of Whole Language. However, resistance to the implementation of the scientific findings Dr. Truch describes in this book lasted for many years. Only now are they emerging as a more effective way to teach reading. That makes this volume remarkably instructive.

The Missing parts of whole Language Lays out the key elements that research has found to be most effective for preventing and correcting word-level reading difficulties and disabilities.