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Helman, Lori; Ittner, Anne C.; McMaster, Kristen L. – Guilford Press, 2019
From expert authors, this book guides educators to conduct assessments that inform daily instruction and identify the assets that emergent bilinguals bring to the classroom. Effective practices are reviewed for screening, assessment, and progress monitoring in the areas of oral language, beginning reading skills, vocabulary and comprehension in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods
Scanlon, Donna M.; Anderson, Kimberly L.; Sweeney, Joan M. – Guilford Press, 2016
Grounded in a strong evidence base, this indispensable text and practitioner guide has given thousands of teachers tools to support the literacy growth of beginning and struggling readers in grades K-2. The interactive strategies approach (ISA) is organized around core instructional goals related to enhancing word learning and comprehension of…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Kindergarten
Pennell, Colleen – Eye on Education, 2020
As your school district undertakes the process of evaluating its K-12 reading program, literacy curriculum, or literacy instructional practices, this book will be your go-to resource. Pennell offers a step-by-step guide for educators, school leaders, or professional learning communities to evaluate high-quality instructional materials and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Instructional Materials
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2016
The idea of this book arose out of an awareness that students with language learning disabilities are completely ignored in the Egyptian school system and there are no special programs that cater to these students. They are placed in normal schools that are not prepared to deal with their unique difficulties. This book, therefore, is an attempt to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities
Morsy, Leila; Kieffer, Michael; Snow, Catherine – Carnegie Corporation of New York, 2010
Although millions of dollars and weeks of instructional time are spent nationally on testing students, educators often have little information on how to choose appropriate assessments of adolescent reading for informing instruction. This guide is designed to meet that need, by drawing together evidence about nine of the most commonly-used,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Tests, Evaluation Methods, Adolescents
Diekhoff, George M. – Training, 1982
Diekhoff argues that you must teach trainees how to learn. He recommends pretraining in learning strategies, including self-pacing, concentration, and reading comprehension. (CT)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Readiness, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
Giordano, Gerard – Academic Therapy, 1987
Kinesthetic exercises which develop reading comprehension skills through action words complement exercises which develop word recognition skills. Action word exercises are often effective because they are multimodal, physical activities. Such exercises may use word lists and pantomime to reinforce recognition and remembrance of words. (CB)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Kinesthetic Methods, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties

Bagford, Jack – Reading Improvement, 1990
Discusses the problems of teaching critical reading and the lack of progress toward the solutions to the problems. Suggests a definition of critical reading and methodologies for its teaching. Presents a classroom observation checklist to evaluate students' critical reading processes. (MG)
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Weisenback, E. Lynne – Academic Therapy, 1988
Strategies are suggested to assist students with reading comprehension difficulties. Strategies include: (1) developing appropriate background through discussion of story concepts, brainstorming, conceptual webbing, and kinesthetic or tactile experiences; (2) asking students to predict what will happen; (3) reciprocal questioning between students…
Descriptors: Background, Brainstorming, Elementary Secondary Education, Imagery

Wojtczak, Kenneth C.; And Others – RE:view, 1991
Four brief notes offer practical suggestions for persons working with the visually impaired, including teaching handwriting skills to blinded adults; improving reading comprehension skills; facilitating independent mobility with an electrically powered wheelchair; and utilizing telecommunications. (DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Elementary Secondary Education, Handwriting
Cosby, Bill – 1981
Three practical ways to get the meaning from printed words quickly and efficiently are: (1) previewing; (2) skimming; and (3) clustering. Previewing and skimming are ways of getting through a lot of reading material without reading every word. Previewing is especially helpful for heavy reading like long articles, business reports, and nonfiction…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Methods, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Walworth, Margaret – Teaching English to Deaf and Second-Language Students, 1985
Discusses the use of dialog journals (where students write down their thoughts and questions and give the journals to their teacher for response) to help college-level deaf students master the skills necessary to read advanced textbooks written in English. The journals enable a teacher to ascertain a student's weaknesses and strengths. (SED)
Descriptors: Deafness, Diaries, Higher Education, Reading Comprehension
Beck, Isabel L.; McKeown, Margaret G.; Hamilton, Rebecca L.; Kucan, Linda – American Educator, 1998
Explains the "Questioning the Author" approach to reading comprehension, which is designed to get students to build understanding of text ideas by becoming actively involved as they read. Suggestions are given for constructing meaning by going back and forth between the text and discussing the ideas. Some examples illustrate the process.…
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Skill Development
Walker, Barbara J. – Academic Therapy, 1985
The nature of brain specialization in the comprehension process is considered, and many disabled readers are shown to have a preference for right-brained styles of processing information. Three instructional strategies are suggested: prediction mapping, storydrama, and guided journeys. (CL)
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Comprehension, Reading Difficulties

Brown, Mary Jo McGee – Theory into Practice, 1981
Although students may read every word of an assignment, a lack of ability to make meaningful connections between words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs can make it impossible for them to interpret and apply what they read. Strategies are given for increasing reading comprehension in social studies instruction. (JN)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Comprehension, Secondary Education, Social Studies