Understanding and teaching reading comprehension : a handbook

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Oakhill, Jane (Author), Cain, Kate (Author), Elbro, Carsten (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge , c2015
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. What it's all about
  • 2. Skills and process
  • 3. Assessing comprehension and the characteristics of poor comprehenders
  • 4. Inferences: going beyond explicit details to make sense of text
  • 5. Knowing and learning the meanings of words
  • 6. Sentences and their connections
  • 7. Finding and using text structure when reading
  • 8. Does it make sense? monitoring for meaning
  • 9. Pulling it all together