Improving reading comprehension of middle and high school students
By: Kristi L. Santi, Deborah K. Reed, editors
Series: Literacy studies -- volume 10; Literacy studies -- v. 10.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9783319147345; 9783319386324; 9783319147352
Subjects: Reading comprehension; Education (Secondary); Education (Middle school)
Notes: Various printing.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What do models of reading comprehension and its development have to contribute to a science of comprehension instruction and assessment for adolescents?; title: Reading history : moving from memorizing facts to critical thinking; title: Reading mathematics : more than words and clauses; more than numbers and symbols on a page; title: Understanding causality in science discourse for middle and high school students. Summary task as a strategy for improving comprehension; title: Reading comprehension instruction for middle and high school students in English language arts : research and evidence-based practices; title: Improving comprehension assessment for middle and high school students : challenges and opportunities; title: Reading comprehension skill development and instruction for adolescent English language learners : a focus on academic vocabulary instruction; title: Special education in middle and high school.