Skills such as word decoding and listening comprehension develop simultaneously and should be taught as such, rather than in succession.
Empowering Students with Word Learning Strategies: Teach a Child to Fish by MIchael F. Graves et al.
a theory- and research-based set of procedures for teaching students to use word learning strategies to infer the meanings of unknown words.
Supporting Reading Comprehension in the Upper Elementary Grades by Kristen L. McMaster and Panayiota Kendeou
We have argued that the seemingly intractable high rates of below-proficient levels of reading are likely due…to gaps between theory, empirical research, and practice.
Beyond Questions by Molly F. Collins
This article explores opportunities to support preschoolers’ story comprehension and inferential thinking and shares outcomes from professional learning opportunities and examples from children’s literature.
Taking Stock of the Reading for Understanding Initiative
What rewards did we reap from the investment made by the Institute of Education Sciences in this focused effort to better understand and improve reading comprehension?
Teaching Reading for Understanding: Synthesis and Reflections on the Curriculum and Instruction Portfolio
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.
