Thomas G Gunning
Thomas G. Gunning, a former junior high English teacher and elementary school reading consultant, is Professor Emeritus, Southern Connecticut State University, where he was department chair and reading clinic director and is currently chairperson of the IRA Readability Special Interest Group. Gunning has conducted research on group reading inventories, vocabulary assessment, reading disabilities, intervention programs, response to intervention, decoding processes and strategies, readability,...See more
Thomas G. Gunning, a former junior high English teacher and elementary school reading consultant, is Professor Emeritus, Southern Connecticut State University, where he was department chair and reading clinic director and is currently chairperson of the IRA Readability Special Interest Group. Gunning has conducted research on group reading inventories, vocabulary assessment, reading disabilities, intervention programs, response to intervention, decoding processes and strategies, readability, and literacy skills needed to cope with high-stakes tests. Gunning's other books with Pearson include Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties, 5/e; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students In Grades 4-8, 3/e; Developing Higher-Level Literacy in All Students: Building Reading, Reasoning, and Responding; Closing the Literacy Gap; and Creating Literacy Instruction for All Children in Grades Pre-K to 4, 2/e. See less
