A Focus on Comprehension Booklet
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A Focus on Comprehension is the third in the Research-Based Practices in Early Reading series published by the Regional Educational Laboratory at PREL, written by Jean Osborn and Fran Lehr. This practical and informative booklet highlights the importance of reading comprehension. In this easy-to-read resource, the authors not only examine the factors that affect reading comprehension, but also explore components of effective comprehension instruction. This document is only available online in PDF (550K) format. |
A Focus on Comprehension Forum
Reading comprehension is the heart of the act of
reading. It happens when readers get meaning from printed text.
How do variability among readers, texts, tasks, and contexts affect
reading comprehension? What instructional strategies are successful
in addressing these variations among readers? What do our assessments
tell us and how do we use the information from those assessments?
The 200 participants from the regional laboratories,
comprehensive assistance centers, state departments of education,
and institutes of higher education explored the many dimensions
of reading comprehension and successful instructional strategies
for developing comprehension at the Focus on Comprehension Forum.
The agenda for this forum, with links to handouts
and PowerPoint presentations, is given below.
Topic 1: Compelling
Issues and the Big Picture
The Three Cs
of Comprehension Instruction
Isabel Beck, University of Pittsburgh
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the presentation
PowerPoint
(629K) PDF
(155K)
Current Contexts
for Comprehension Research and Instruction
Michael L. Kamil, Stanford University
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the presentation
PowerPoint
(223K) PDF
(275K)
Topic 2: Understanding
the Domain: Assessment
Comprehension
Assessment: Establishing Performance and Facilitating Instruction
P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley
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the presentation
PowerPoint (426K) PDF
(776K)
view
the handout
PDF (128K)
Dimensions Affecting
the Assessment of Reading Comprehension
David J. Francis, University of Houston
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the presentation
PowerPoint
(564K) PDF
(236K)
An Analysis
of the Architectural Integrity of Reading Comprehension Assessment
and Instructional Materials for Struggling Readers: Ode to Faulkner,
Twain, and Kerr (with apologies to Hemingway)
Edward Kameenui, University of Oregon
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the presentation
PowerPoint (662K) PDF
(494K)
Topic 3: Classroom
Practices for Increasing Achievement Through Reading
Classroom Practices
for Increasing Achievement through Reading Engagement
John Guthrie, University of Maryland
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the presentation
PowerPoint (12.71M) PDF
(3.77M)
Comprehension
and English Language Learners: What Role Do Sociocultural Factors
Play and How Do They Work?
Robert Rueda, University of Southern California
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the presentation
PowerPoint
(6.39M) PDF
(528K)
Book Time and
Beyond: Effective Practices for Supporting Comprehension in Preschool
David Dickinson, Boston College
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the presentation
PowerPoint (554K) PDF
(318K)
Topic 4: Comprehension,
Knowing, and Remembering: The Role of Information
Improving Comprehension
of Expository Text for English Language Learners
Jana Echevarria, California State University, Long Beach
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the presentation
PowerPoint (526K) PDF
(474K)
view
the handout
PDF (117K)
Strategies for
Building Comprehension of Informational Text
Nell Duke, Michigan State University
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the presentation
PowerPoint (126K) PDF
(192K)
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Last updated September 30, 2005
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