Reading Comprehension: Strategies for Independent Learners - Softcover

Blachowicz PhD, Camille; Ogle EdD, Donna; Blachowicz, Camille; Ogle, Donna

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572305959 ISBN 13: 9781572305953

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 2001

Synopsis

This book provides practical, research-based guidelines for reading comprehension instruction in grades K-9. The authors integrate current research findings with real-life observations of diverse students in action, identifying the strategies that successful readers use to comprehend many different types of materials. They offer recommendations for organizing the classroom effectively and planning instruction to broaden each student's repertoire of comprehension strategies. Concrete, classroom-tested approaches are described to help students engage with fiction and nonfiction texts, develop their vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated, lifelong readers. The book includes a wealth of sample activities, worksheets, and assessment tools. Each chapter begins with a clearly presented overview and resource locator to facilitate quick and easy reference.

About this title

About the Author

Camille Blachowicz, PhD, is Professor of Education at National-Louis University, where she also directs the Reading Specialist program and the Reading Center. She is the author of several books and numerous chapters, monographs, and articles on vocabulary and comprehension instruction and on working with at-risk readers. Dr. Blachowicz was a Fulbright Fellow to Italy and is active in professional organizations and staff development nationally and internationally.

Donna Ogle, EdD, is Professor of Education at National-Louis University and President-Elect of the International Reading Association. She serves on the boards of many professional organizations, including the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Project, which provides staff development for change in Eastern Europe. Dr. Ogle is the author of many publications related to the topic of comprehension development, and is a frequent speaker on the subject.

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Contents
1. Learning about Comprehension from Good Readers
2. A Closer Look at Comprehension: Context, Processes, Strategies, and Instruction
3. Creating an Effective Classroom for Comprehension Instruction
4. Finding a Starting Point: Ways to Assess Comprehension
5. Strategies for Reading for Information
6. Strategies for Reading Fiction
7. Strategies for Vocabulary DEvelopment
8. Strategies for Engaging in Research
9. Strategies for Studying, Test Taking, and Performing Tasks
10. Strategies That Encourage Lifelong Reading

Edition details

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572305959
• ISBN 13: 9781572305953
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 274