There’s been a lot of concern about phonics instruction in recent months, sparked by an illuminating new audio documentary. But there’s another aspect of reading—comprehension—that is ...

Comprehension strategy instruction has a solid research base. Teacher guides on evidence-based practices from the What Works Clearinghouse recommend teaching students across grade levels how to ...

More doesn't also examine misunderstandings about how to teach reading comprehension, we're unlikely to see real progress. Getty There’s been a welcome surge of public discussion of the science ...

The best way to boost students’ reading comprehension is to expand their knowledge and vocabulary by teaching them history, science, literature, and the arts, using curricula that guide kids ...

In the early grades, U.S. schools value reading-comprehension skills over knowledge. The results are devastating, especially for poor kids.

Close analysis of texts with structure (CATS): An intervention to teach reading comprehension to at-risk second-graders. Journal of Educational Psychology , 108, 1061-1077. More references ...

In this final post in my series on close reading, Kimberly Carraway, Katherine S. McKnight, Harvey F. Silver, Amy Benjamin, Nancy Boyles, Rita Platt -- along with readers -- share their thoughts.

This is the proper way to teach reading comprehension and we need to do it. Bakit, nagtataka kami, bakit nagtagal [we’re wondering why this is taking so long],” he added. For DepEd’s part, ...