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.
