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Science News, Articles and Information | Scientific American - 0 views

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    Science feature articles--mentor text
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Reading Online: Comprehension Instruction: What Makes Sense Now, What Might Make Sense ... - 0 views

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    Comprehension Instruction: What Makes Sense Now, What Might Make Sense Soon Michael Pressley There are a variety of well-validated ways to increase comprehension skills in students through instruction; these are summarized in this article. In addition, new hypotheses about effective comprehension instruction are emerging, and these are also summarized. Although too little comprehension instruction is now occurring in schools, much is known that would enable such teaching to be done with confidence; more will be known as the emerging hypotheses are evaluated in the years ahead.
Wendy Windust

Reading Online:Fostering High Levels of Reading and Learning in Secondary Students - 0 views

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    Fostering High Levels of Reading and Learning in Secondary Students An Invited Commentary Michael F. Graves University of Minnesota
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Featured Articles: Vol 2, Num 3 on Writing Across the Curriculum in Science - 0 views

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    Writing across the curriculum in science
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    Science
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Featured Articles: Vol 2, Num 3 on Writing Across the Curriculum in Science - 1 views

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    "Writing Across the Curriculum in Social Studies "
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    Social Studies
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Reading Rockets: Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension - 0 views

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    "Seven Strategies to Teach Students Text Comprehension By: C.R. Adler (2004) Comprehension strategies are conscious plans - sets of steps that good readers use to make sense of text. Comprehension strategy instruction helps students become purposeful, active readers who are in control of their own reading comprehension. The seven strategies here appear to have a firm scientific basis for improving text comprehension"
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Reading Rockets: Reading Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners - 0 views

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    "Reading Comprehension Strategies for English Language Learners By: Colorín Colorado (2007) Explicit teaching of reading comprehension skills will help English Language Learners apply these strategies to all subject matter."
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AdLit.org: Adolescent Literacy - Explicit Comprehension Strategy Instruction - 0 views

  • Explicit Comprehension Strategy Instruction By: National Institute for Literacy (2008) Use explicit strategy instruction to make visible the invisible comprehension strategies that good readers use to understand text. Support students until they can use the strategies independently. Recycle and re-teach strategies throughout the year. Planning for explicit strategy instruction After you have chosen a strategy to teach, think about how the strategy works. Collect several passages from reading materials that you are using in your classroom. Assess the passages for opportunities to model the comprehension strategy. Put these passages on an overhead transparency or slide. Prepare to introduce the strategy, including a description of the strategy, why it
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