Full Description
This practical book grows out of a recent report written by the RAND Reading Study Group (RRSG), which proposed a national research agenda in the area of reading comprehension. Here, RRSG members have expanded on their findings and translated them into clear recommendations to inform practice. Teachers gain the latest knowledge about how students learn to comprehend texts and what can be done to improve the quality of instruction in this essential domain. From leading literacy scholars, the book explains research-based ways to:*Plan effective instruction for students at all grade levels*Meet the comprehension needs of English-language learners *Promote adolescents' comprehension of subject-area texts *Understand the complexities of comprehension assessment *Get optimal benefits from instructional technologies *And much more!
Contents
Chapter 1. Reading for comprehensionCatherine E. Snow & Anne Polselli SweetChapter 2. Comprehension Instruction: Adolescents and Their Multiple LiteraciesDonna E. Alvermann & A. Johnathan EakleChapter 3. The Reading Comprehension Development and Instruction of English-Language LearnersGeorgia Earnest GarciaChapter 4. Individual Differences as Sources of Variability in Reading Comprehension in Elementary School ChildrenFrank R. VellutinoChapter 5. What Do Readers Need to Learn in Order to Process Coherence Relations in Narrative and Expository Text?Arthur C. Graesser, Danielle S. Mcnamara, & Max M. LouwerseChapter 6. Collaborative Approaches to Comprehension InstructionAnnemarie Sullivan PalincsarChapter 7. Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction: Practices of Teaching Reading for Understanding\John T. GuthrieChapter 8. Taking Charge of Reader, Text, Activity, and Context VariablesIrene W. GaskinsChapter 9. Electronic and Multimedia DocumentsHelen S. Kim & Michael L. KamilChapter 10. Professional Development in Reading Comprehension InstructionJanice A. DoleChapter 11. Assessment of Reading Comprehension: Researchers and Practitioners Helping Themselves and Each OtherCatherine E. SnowChapter 12. A Research Program for Improving Reading Comprehension: A Glimpse of Studies Whose Findings Will Aid the Classroom Teacher in the FutureAnne Polselli SweetIndex
