Reading for meaning : fostering comprehension in the middle grades /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Taylor, Barbara (Barbara M.), Graves, Michael F., Broek, Paulus Willem van den, 1955-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Newark, DE : Teachers College Press ; International Reading Association, [2000]
Series:	Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:	Reading comprehension > United States. Reading (Middle school) > United States.

Table of Contents:

The mind in action: what it means to comprehend during reading / Paul van den Broek and Kathleen E. Kremer
Comprehension instruction in elementary school: a quarter-century of research progress / Michael Pressley
Explicit and implicit instruction in comprehension / Janice A. Dole
Balancing literature and instruction: lessons from the Book Club Project / Taffy E. Raphael
Building student capacity to work productively during peer-assisted reading activities / Lynn S. Fuchs and Douglas Fuchs
A vocabulary program to complement and bolster a middle-grade comprehension program / Michael F. Graves
Classroom talk about texts: is it dear, cheap, or a bargain at any price? / Donna E. Alvermann
Literacy lessons derived from the instruction of six Latina/Latino teachers / Robert T. Jimňez
Beyond balance: goal awareness, developmental progressions, tailoring to the context, and supports for teachers in ideal reading and literacy programs / Jere Brophy.