Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties

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This practitioner resource and course text has given thousands of K-12 teachers evidence-based tools for helping students--particularly those at risk for reading difficulties--understand and acquire new knowledge from text. The authors present a range of scientifically validated instructional techniques and activities, complete with helpful classroom examples and sample lessons. The book describes ways to assess comprehension, build the skills that good readers rely on, and teach students to use multiple comprehension strategies flexibly and effectively. Each chapter features thought-provoking discussion questions. Reproducible lesson plans and graphic organizers can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. New to This Edition * Chapters on content-area literacy, English language learners, and intensive interventions. * Incorporates current research on each component of reading comprehension. * Discusses ways to align instruction with the Common Core State Standards. Additional instructional activities throughout.

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9781462517404
  • ISBN: 9781462517404
  • Pub Date: 2nd March 2015
  • Publisher: Guilford Publications
  • Format: Hardback
  • Number of Pages: 226

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This is Book 4 in the What Works for Special-needs Learners Series. See all What Works for Special-needs Learners books here.

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About Janette K. Klingner

JANETTE KLINGNER is a professor of education specializing in bilingual multicultural special education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. SHARON VAUGHN is a professor at University of Texas-Austin and executive director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. ALISON BOARDMAN is an assistant research professor at the University of Colora

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Diane Haager, Ph.D., is a researcher and teacher educator in reading and learning disabilities. She is a professor at California State University, Los Angeles, where she instructs special education teachers and graduate students. Dr. Haager has worked in public schools and clinics as a reading specialist and special educator. She has

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About Alison Boardman

JANETTE KLINGNER is a professor of education specializing in bilingual multicultural special education at the University of Colorado at Boulder. SHARON VAUGHN is a professor at University of Texas-Austin and executive director of the Meadows Center for Preventing Educational Risk. ALISON BOARDMAN is an assistant research professor at the University of Colora

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