Developing reading comprehension

 Content: List of Figures vii  List of Boxes xi  Foreword by Jean Gross CBE xiii  Acknowledgements xv  Chapter 1 What is Reading Comprehension? 1  Chapter 2 The Poor Comprehender Profile 13  Chapter 3 The York Reading for Meaning Project: An Overview 27  Chapter 4 Teaching Principles 47  Chapter 5 Intervention Materials: Oral Language Programme 59  Chapter 6 Intervention Materials: Text Level Programme 99  Chapter 7 Intervention Materials: Combined Programme 135  Chapter 8 Feedback and Evaluation 141  Chapter 9 Theoretical and Practical Implications 157  Appendices  Appendix 1. Consent Procedures 165  Appendix 2. Training of Teaching Assistants 166  Appendix 3. Teaching Assistant Feedback on Training 166  Appendix 4. Manual Production 168  Appendix 5. Additional Preparation 168  Appendix 6. Fortnightly Tutorial Groups 169  Appendix 7. Record Sheets 169  Appendix 8. Observations and On-site Feedback 170  Appendix 9. Newsletters 172  Appendix 10. Sharing Data 172  Glossary 175  References 187
 Abstract:             
              Presents cutting-edge, evidence-based interventions for dealing with specific difficulties of reading comprehension in children aged 7-11. An in-depth introduction to the 'poor comprehender profile', which describes children who  despite being fluent readers have difficulty extracting meaning from text.                 Read more...