Improving reading comprehension of middle and high school students. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kristi L. Santi, Deborah K. Reed, editors.
• Editors: Santi, Kristi L; Reed, Deborah K
• Contents: Abstract; Contents; Contributors; What Do Models of Reading Comprehension and Its Development Have to Contribute to a Science of Comprehension Instruction and Assessment for Adolescents?; 1 Process Models of Reading Comprehension; 2 Component Skills Models of Reading Comprehension; 3 Typical and Atypical Development of Reading Comprehension; 3.1 Word Reading Accuracy and Fluency; 3.2 Word and World Knowledge; 3.3 Discourse-Level Skills; 4 Text Characteristics That Affect Comprehension for Adolescent Readers; 5 Concluding Comments; References. Reading History: Moving from Memorizing Facts to CriticalThinking1 Introduction; 2 Contextualizing: Reading Instruction Then and Now; 3 What's So Unique About History Text?; 3.1 What Counts as Text; 3.2 Variety of Genres and Text Structures; 3.3 Multiple Points of View; 3.4 Historical References; 3.5 Specialized Vocabulary; 3.6 Specificity of Language; 4 Reading and Thinking About Text; 4.1 Heuristics for Reading; 4.1.1 Sourcing; 4.1.2 Contextualizing; 4.1.3 Corroboration; 4.2 Habits of Mind; 5 Development of Reading; 5.1 Expert Readers; 5.2 Novice and Developing Readers. 5.3 Reading Development in History6 Instruction in History: Developing Expertise; 6.1 Knowing the Students; 6.2 Setting Clear Goals; 6.3 Modeling Explicit Thinking; 6.4 Teaching Word and Language Patterns; 6.5 Providing Time and Texts They Can Read; 6.6 Expecting Pushback; 6.7 The Criticality of the Teacher; 7 Ongoing Issues; 7.1 More than One Method; 7.2 What We Assess; 8 Conclusion; References; Reading Mathematics: More than Words and Clauses; More than Numbers and Symbols on a Page; 1 Introduction; 2 How Students and Teachers Use Math Textbooks. 3 Overview of Our Study: Methods and Findings3.1 Participants; 3.2 Procedure; 3.3 Data Analysis; 3.3.1 Helpfulness and Active Versus. Passive Reading; 3.4 Results; 3.5 Reported Themes for Text Features; 3.5.1 Font Variation; 3.5.2 Headers; 3.5.3 Highlighted Font-Vocabulary; 3.6 Reported Themes for Problem Types; 3.6.1 Worked Examples; 3.6.2 Semi-worked Example; 3.6.3 Procedural and Applied Practice Problems; 3.6.4 Write Math; 4 Summary, Discussion, and Implications; 5 Conclusion; References. Understanding Causality in Science Discourse for Middle and High School Students. Summary Task as a Strategy for Improving Comprehension1 Science Textbooks, Strategies, and Cognitive Processes; 2 Reading Science Texts and Writing a Summary: Some Data; 3 The Influence of Text Characteristics and Causal Relations on Reading Comprehension; 4 The Importance of Summaries in Comprehension Processes and Reading Competence; 5 The Representation of Scientific Text and Strategies for Summarizing; 5.1 Surface Code Level; 5.2 Textbase Level; 5.3 Mental Model or Situation Model.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer Science and Business Media
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 372.47 373; Education; Reading comprehension -- Education (Middle school); Reading comprehension -- Education (Secondary); Literacy; Educational psychology; Applied linguistics; Curriculum planning; EDUCATION -- Elementary; EDUCATION -- Secondary; Applied linguistics; Curriculum planning; Education; Educational psychology; Literacy; Education -- Educational Psychology; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Linguistics -- General; Education -- Curricula; Educational psychology; Language: reference & general; Curriculum planning & development; Education -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Reading & Phonics; Literacy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319147352; 3319147358
• Related ISBNs: 331914734X; 9783319147345
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