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Block, Cathy Collins, Ed.; Parris, Sheri R., Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2008
Now in a substantially revised and updated second edition, 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…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Reading Comprehension, Reading Research, Global Approach
McNeil, John D. – 1984
Intended for use in undergraduate and graduate courses in reading methods, as well as by classroom teachers, this book brings together teaching strategies and materials suggested by recent developments in the study of reading comprehension. Each of the eight chapters includes the background and rationale for the practices described. The first…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Metacognition
Faulkner, Ann B.; And Others – 1993
This guide is designed to offer interesting, authentic practice in reading college-level technical textbooks and periodical articles. The book contains actual reading assignments and strategies to help students improve comprehension and to develop metacognitive insight into their own reading processes. The guide is presented in three levels, each…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Compensatory Education, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Singer, Harry, Ed.; Ruddell, Robert B., Ed. – 1985
Intended for teachers, students, and researchers of reading, this book reflects the theories, models, and research generated over the past 10 years on the psychology and pedagogy of reading. Essays in the first section of the book deal with the historical changes in reading research and theory, and the pioneers of reading research. Essays in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cognitive Processes, Educational History, Educational Theories