We now turn to the task of looking for trends, themes, insights, and implications for policy and practice.
Teaching Reading for Understanding: Summarizing the Curriculum and Instruction Work
The five teams in the Reading for Understanding consortium pursued different but complementary goals regarding the related processes, components, and uses of comprehension.
The Assessment of Reading for Understanding by Panayiota Kendeau
This chapter focuses primarily on the three main assessments developed by the
assessment consortium.
The Nature and Development of Reading for Understanding by Gina N. Cervetti
This chapter summarizes the work of the RfU teams as it relates to a better understanding of the nature and development of reading comprehension.
Helping Your Child Become a Reader by Donna Scanlon, Kimberly Anderson, et al.
Learning to read and write is exciting for children. The goal of this booklet is to provide caregivers with some information about how they can help young learners become readers and writers.
Using Collaborative Strategic Reading by Janette K. Klingner and Sharon Vaughn
CSR is an excellent technique for teaching students reading comprehension and building vocabulary and working together cooperatively.
The Discussion Web: A Graphic Aid for Learning across the Curriculum by Donna E. Alvermann
The Discussion Web is a special kind of graphic aid for teaching students fo look at both sides of an issue before drawing conclusions.
The Scaffolded Reading Experience by Michael F. Graves and Bonnie B. Graves
How can teachers effectively help all students read, understand, and apply the ideas and information in the variety of texts they read – from poetry to physics?
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An Update to Compiled ORF [Oral Reading Fluency] Norms by Jan Hasbrouck and Gerald Tindal
This paper describes the origins of the widely used curriculum-based measure of oral reading fluency (ORF) and how the creation and use of ORF norms has evolved over time.
A Conversation with Pamela A. Mason – Classroom Caffeine Podcast
Dr. Pamela A. Mason is known for her work studying the role of culturally sustaining pedagogy in promoting literacy achievement, the interaction of text complexity and background knowledge, qualitative and quantitative literacy assessment, and the efficacy of the roles of Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches.
