Research Catalog

Title

Reading comprehension : from research to practice / edited by Judith Orasanu.

Publication

Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

Orasanu, Judith.

Description

xiii, 385 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Subject

• Reading comprehension
• Language arts
• Reading > Research > United States > Case studies
• Reading
• Reading > research
• Reading
• Language arts
• Reading comprehension
• Reading > Research
• Lecture > Aspect cognitif
• Lecture > Étude et enseignement
• United States

Genre/Form

• Case Reports
• Case studies
• Case studies.
• Études de cas.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 335-366.

Contents

Part I. Introduction -- Introduction : comprehension theory and how it grew / Judith Orasanu and Monte Penney -- Part II. The comprehension process -- Cognitive processes in reading / Patricia A. Carpenter and Marcel Adam Just -- What they don't know will hurt them : the role of prior knowledge in comprehension / Paul T. Wilson and Richard C. Anderson -- The role of metacognition in reading and studying / Ann L. Brown, Bonnie B. Armbruster, Linda Baker -- Changing linguistic perspectives on literacy / Roger W. Shuy -- Skilled reading and language development : some key issues / William S. Hall, Thomas G. White, Larry Guthrie -- Part III. Instructional implications -- Instructional research in reading : a retrospective / Isabel L. Beck and Margaret G. McKeown -- Recent theory and research into the reading process : implications for reading assessment / Robert Farr, Robert Carey, Bruce Tone -- Readable textbooks, or, selecting a textbook is not like buying a pair of shoes / Thomas H. Anderson and Bonnie B. Armbruster -- Reading and writing : how are the first two "R's " related? / Andee Rubin and Jane Hansen -- Teaching reading and writing with personal computers / Allan Collins -- Computer technology and reading instruction : perspectives and directions / Judith A. Langer -- Literacy in the secondary school / Gladys P. Knott -- Part IV. From research to practice : case studies -- STAR : teaching reading and writing / M. Trika Smith-Burke and Lenore H. Ringler -- Development and implementation of the KEEP reading program / Kathryn Hu-pei Au [and others] -- The Step Up Language Arts program : a study of effective change / Gloria M. McDonell -- Rethinking reading and listening in a large public school system / R.T. Schuder -- Collaboration for school improvement : a case study of a school district and a college / Donna Ogle -- Content reading in secondary schools / Carol Minnick Santa -- Effective literacy training programs for adults in business and municipal employment / Larry Mikulecky.

ISBN

• 0898597986
• 9780898597981
• 0898595282
• 9780898595284

LCCN

85012956

OCLC

• ocm12161993
• 12161993
• SCSB-635067

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library