Fluent and Nonfluent Forms of Transfer in Reading: Words and Their Message explains two different experiments that studied how students are able to fully comprehend what they read. The article discusses rereading strategies and evaluates what determines a child as a struggling reader or good reader. It also discusses ways to help students become more fluent readers.
Websites
Another way to help students in comprehension is to teach instruction around themes. Books by Theme offers many different books choices categorized by theme.
Thematic Instruction offers best-practice and research based information as how and why thematic instruction helps students learn.
Book
Reading Comprehension: Strategies for Independent Learners by Camille Blachowicz and Donna Ogle This book offers research-based approaches for comprehension instruction to help K-9 students and teachers. Its updated second edition shares print and online sources, ideas for developing vocabulary, building study skills, and motivating readers.
Videos
The Reading Process is a presentation that explains how students process the sounds of letters and how they use that information to create meaning. The speaker, Dr. G. Reid Lyon has over 30 years of experience as a public school educator, professor, research scientist, psychologist, and policymaker.
Teaching Reading is a presentation by Phyllis C. Hunter who explains how reading gives children freedom, civil rights, and liberation. It also shares why teachers need to implement research-based instruction strategies in their classroom. Hunter was appointed by Congress and former President Bush to serve on the board of the National Institute for Literacy, and has served as an advisor on the President’s Educational Transition Team.
These are two very powerful and informative videos. They really make you think. Thanks for posting them! I will be watching them both again.
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