This practical resource and widely used text presents a wealth of research-based approaches to comprehension instruction. The authors offer specific classroom practices that help K-9 students compare and evaluate print and online sources, develop vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated readers.
Inhoudsopgave
1. Learning about Comprehension from Good Readers2. A Closer Look at Comprehension: Context, Processes, Strategies, and Instruction3. Creating an Effective Classroom for Comprehension Instruction4. Finding a Starting Point: Ways to Assess Comprehension5. Strategies for Reading for Information6. Strategies for Reading Fiction7. Strategies for Vocabulary Development8. Strategies for Engaging in Research9. Strategies for Performing Tasks, Studying, and Taking Tests10. Strategies That Encourage Lifelong Reading
Over de auteur
Camille Blachowicz, Ph D, is Professor of Education at National-Louis University, where she also directs the Reading Program and the Reading Center. She is the author of several books and numerous chapters, monographs, and articles on vocabulary and comprehension instruction and on working with at-risk readers. Dr. Blachowicz was a Fulbright Fellow to Italy and is active in professional organizations and staff development nationally and internationally. She is codirector of the Literacy Partners: Advanced Reading Development Demonstration Project (ARDDP), a project on coaching and school literacy improvement, in the Chicago Public Schools. In 2003 she was named to the roster of Outstanding Teacher Educators in Reading by the International Reading Association. Donna Ogle, Ed D, is Professor of Education at National-Louis University, a member of the Reading Hall of Fame, and a past president of the International Reading Association (2001-2002). She currently is directing two multischool projects in the Chicago Public Schools: Project ALL (Advancing Literacy for Learning) and the Transitional Adolescent Literacy Leadership (TALL) Project. She is also Senior Consultant to the Chicago Striving Readers Research Study. Dr. Ogle is the author of many publications related to the topic of comprehension development and has particular interest in informational reading and learning. She works internationally in professional development projects and is an editorial reviewer for Lectura y Vida, the Spanish-language journal of the International Reading Association.
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