Post by Ben Seipel, University of Wisconsin-River Falls/California State University, Chico; with Gina Biancarosa, University of Oregon; Sarah E. Carlson, Georgia State University; and Mark L. Davison, ...
Students from Burley Primary and Slack Elementary taught Lufkin ISD trustees a lesson in inference and cognitive reading skills Thursday night. The students interacted with board members to actively ...
Reading comprehension instruction doesn't line up with what the evidence shows can work—and it goes on way too long. A recent meta-analysis confirms that it’s best to teach reading comprehension ...
The new question-of-the-week is: What are the roles of reading strategies in literacy instruction? There is little disagreement that reading strategies have a role in literacy instruction. There is, ...
There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is equally crucial, ...
One of the primary missions of any educational institution is to produce graduates who are literate. The ability to derive meaning from print is central to the definition of literacy. Many people ...
Reading Comprehension is a crucial section in the CAT exam, assessing a candidate's ability to understand and analyze complex passages. It requires skills in comprehension, logical reasoning, and ...
Traditionally, these reading comprehension measures have been able to determine whether or not a student struggles with comprehension, but unable to determine the root cause of the struggle. Although ...
Alex Quigley is an English teacher and Director of Huntington Research School, York, England. He blogs at www.theconfidentteacher.com and he is the author of ‘Closing the Vocabulary Gap’, published by ...