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Tables of Contents for Comprehension Instruction
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Introduction
1
11
Cathy Collins Block
Michael Pressley
I THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS: NEW DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
Comprehension Strategies Instruction: A Turn-of-the-Century Status Report
11
17
Michael Pressley
The Case for Direct Explanation of Strategies
28
14
Gerald G. Duffy
Process-Based Comprehension Instruction: Perspectives of Four Reading Educators
42
20
Cathy Collins Block
Joni L. Schaller
Joseph A. Joy
Paola Gaine
Implications of Cognitive Resource Allocation for Comprehension Strategies Instruction
62
15
Gale M. Sinatra
Kathleen J. Brown
Ralph E. Reynolds
Metacognition in Comprehension Instruction
77
19
Linda Baker
Teaching Reading Self-Assessment Strategies
96
19
Peter Afflerbach
II BRANCHING OUT AND EXPANDING OUR HORIZONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Reading in Web-Based Learning Environments
115
11
Hiller A. Spires
Thomas H. Estes
Using the Theme Scheme to Improve Story Comprehension
126
14
Joanna P. Williams
``Oh Excellent, Excellent Question!'': Developmental Differences and Comprehension Acquisition
140
18
Laura B. Smolkin
Carol A. Donovan
Individual Differences That Influence Reading Comprehension
158
18
Darcia Narvaez
Teaching Readers How to Comprehend Text Strategically
176
25
Tom Trabasso
Edward Bouchard
Challenges of Implementing Transactional Strategies Instruction for Reading Comprehension
201
18
Pamela Beard El-Dinary
III COMPREHENSION INSTRUCTION IN PRESCHOOL, PRIMARY, AND INTERMEDIATE GRADES
Preparing Young Learners for Successful Reading Comprehension: Laying the Foundation
219
15
Diane H. Tracey
Lesley Mandel Morrow
Building Comprehension When They're Still Learning to Read the Words
234
13
Gay Ivey
Comprehension Instruction in the Primary Grades
247
12
P. David Pearson
Nell K. Duke
Beyond Literature Circles: Helping Students Comprehend Informational Texts
259
16
Donna Ogle
Camille L. Z. Blachowicz
Instructional Contexts for Reading Engagement
275
14
John T. Guthrie
Sevgi Ozgungor
Children Searching and Using Information Text: A Critical Part of Comprehension
289
16
Mariam Jean Dreher
Imagery: A Strategy for Enhancing Comprehension
305
14
Linda B. Gambrell
Patricia S. Koskinen
The Argument Schema and Learning to Reason
319
18
Alina Reznitskaya
Richard C. Anderson
IV INTENSIFICATION OF COMPREHENSION INSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE
Straddling Two Worlds: Self-Directed Comprehension Instruction for Middle Schoolers
337
14
Rachel Brown
Improving the Reading Comprehension of At-Risk Adolescents
351
14
Joseph B. Fisher
Jean B. Schumaker
Donald D. Deshler
Encouraging Active Reading at the College Level
365
18
Michele L. Simpson
Sherrie L. Nist
IV CONCLUSION
Summing Up: What Comprehension Instruction Could Be
383
10
Michael Pressley
Cathy Collins Block
Author Index
393
12
Subject Index
405