Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties |
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| Author:
| Klingner, Janette K.
Vaughn, Sharon
Boardman, Alison |
| Series title: | What Works for Special-Needs Learners Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59385-447-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2007 |
| Publisher: | Guilford Publications
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $74.00 |
Book Description:
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A highly practical resource for the classroom, this book offers clear, research-based recommendations for helping students at all grade levels understand and learn from what they read. Explaining the skills and strategies that good readers use to comprehend text, the authors show how to support struggling students in developing these skills. They present a variety of effective assessment procedures, ways to enhance vocabulary instruction and teach students about different...
More Description A highly practical resource for the classroom, this book offers clear, research-based recommendations for helping students at all grade levels understand and learn from what they read. Explaining the skills and strategies that good readers use to comprehend text, the authors show how to support struggling students in developing these skills. They present a variety of effective assessment procedures, ways to enhance vocabulary instruction and teach students about different text structures, and instructional practices that promote comprehension before, during, and after reading. Special features include discussion questions in every chapter and reproducible instructional materials and lesson plans.