Focus on Reading Comprehension:
Recommended Reading Archives

Books

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Evidence-Based Reading Instruction: Putting the National Reading Panel Report Into Practice

Articles

Selected articles from recent issues of the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy:

“Teaching online comprehension strategies using think-alouds,” by Angel Kymes (Mar. 2005; vol. 48, no. 6)

Top-quality research, reported in Reading Research Quarterly:

“The construction of meaning and identity in the composition and reading of an architectural text,” by Peter Smagorinsky, Leslie Susan Cook, and Patty M. Reed (Jan./Feb./March 2005; vol. 40, no. 1)  FREE!

“The efficacy of electronic books in fostering kindergarten children’s emergent story understanding,” by Maria T. de Jong and Adriana G. Bus (Oct./Nov./Dec. 2004; vol. 39, no. 4)

“Assessing narrative comprehension in young children,” by Alison H. Paris and Scott G. Paris (Jan./Feb./March 2003; vol. 38, no. 1)

“Comprehending comprehension,” by Mark Sadoski (Oct./Nov./Dec. 1999; vol. 34, no. 4)

“Television’s impact on children’s reading comprehension and decoding skills: A 3-year panel study,” by Cees M. Koolstra, Tom H.A. van der Voort, and Leo J.Th. van der Kamp (April/May/June 1997; vol. 32, no. 2)

“What classroom observations reveal about reading comprehension instruction,” by Dolores Durkin (1978–1979; vol. 14, no. 4)

Selections from The Reading Teacher, for those working with children up to age 12:

“Bringing together fictional and informational text to improve comprehension,” by Jennifer Soalt (Apr 2005; vol. 58, no. 7)

“Scaffolding students’ comprehension of text,” by Kathleen F. Clark and Michael F. Graves (Mar 2005; vol. 58, no. 6)

“Fluency: Bridge between decoding and reading comprehension,” by John J. Pikulski and David J. Chard (Mar 2005; vol. 58, no. 6)

Freely available from Reading Online, IRA’s e-journal:

“Searching informational texts: Text and task characteristics that affect performance,” by Gavin T.L. Brown (Sept 2003; vol. 7, no. 2)

“Teaching vocabulary to adolescents to improve comprehension,” by Mary E. Curtis and Ann Marie Longo (Nov 2001; vol. 5, no. 3)

“Comprehension instruction: What makes sense now, what might make sense soon,” by Michael Pressley (Sept 2001; vol. 5, no. 2)

“Learning from text: A multidimensional and developmental perspective,” by Tamara L. Jetton and Patricia A. Alexander (July 2001; vol. 5, no. 1)