Comprehension Instruction, Second Edition
Subtitle: Research-Based Best Practices (Solving Problems In Teaching Of Literacy)
Contributors: Lesley Mandel Morrow (Foreword); Cathy Collins Block (Editor); Sheri R. Parris (Editor)
Edition: 2 edition
Publisher: The Guilford Press; Guilford Press
Published: April 29, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9781593857011
Subjects: Language teaching & learning material & coursework; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language; Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines / Literacy
Description: This comprehensive professional resource and text is based on cutting-edge research. In each chapter, leading scholars provide an overview of a particular aspect of comprehension, offer best-practice instructional guidelines and policy recommendations, present key research questions still to be answered, and conclude with stimulating questions for individual study or discussion. Coverage includes such timely topics as differentiated instruction, technology and reading comprehension, teaching English language learners, and the implications of current neuroscientific findings. - Publisher.