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?
Assisting Students Struggling with Reading – IES/WWC
This guide offers specific recommendations to help educators identify students in need of intervention and implement evidence-based interventions to promote their reading
achievement.
Thinking Through Research and the Science of Reading by Elfrieda H. Hiebert
The depth and breadth of the research on reading and the complexities of life in the classroom, especially when the variation among students is substantial, means answers are neither simple nor easily translated to practice.
The National Reading Panel Report: Practical Advice for Teachers by Tim Shanahan
The purpose of this monograph is to try to summarize, explain, and provide advice for teachers about how to use the findings of the National Reading Panel Report.
A Schema-Theoretic View of Basic Processes in Reading Comprehension by Richard C. Anderson and P. David Pearson
To say that one has comprehended a text is to say that she has found a mental “home” for the information in the text, or else that she has modified an existing mental home in order to accommodate that new information.
Does Text Complexity Matter in the Elementary Grades? by Steven J. Amendum, Kristin Conradi, and Elfrieda Hiebert
Prompted by new standards for increased text complexity, the review investigates the relationships
between text difficulty and reading fluency and comprehension.
Overview of Content-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) by John T. Guthrie, Angela McRae, and Susan Lutz Klauda
The primary aim of Concept-Oriented Reading Instruction (CORI) is to increase students’ comprehension in Grades 3 to 5 by increasing their reading engagement…[T]he reading goals include the following reading comprehension strategies: understanding the main idea, making inferences, monitoring comprehension, and using fix-up strategies for information and narrative texts. We included oral reading and fluency vocabulary as enabling competencies. Click the image to read […]
Bringing the Rocket Science of Reading to All Students by Susan Neuman, Esther Quintero, and Kayla Reist
Our goal is to provide a granular and systematic description of states’ efforts to improve reading instruction. Our analysis aims to facilitate a factual and nuanced discussion about literacy improvement among a broad range of stakeholders, including policymakers, families, practitioners, and scholars.
