Reading Comprehension: Strategies for Independent Learners [Paperback]

Camille Blachowicz PhD (Author), Donna Ogle EdD (Author), Camille Blachowicz (Author), Donna Ogle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2001 | ISBN-10: 1572305959 | ISBN-13: 978-1572305953 | Edition: 1

This book provides practical, research-based guidelines for reading comprehension instruction in grades K-9. The authors integrate current research findings with real-life observations of diverse students in action, identifying the strategies that successful readers use to comprehend many different types of materials. They offer recommendations for organizing the classroom effectively and planning instruction to broaden each student's repertoire of comprehension strategies. Concrete, classroom-tested approaches are described to help students engage with fiction and nonfiction texts, develop their vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated, lifelong readers. The book includes a wealth of sample activities, worksheets, and assessment tools. Each chapter begins with a clearly presented overview and resource locator to facilitate quick and easy reference.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"For those of us calling for more serious attention to comprehension, especially in the early years of schooling, this book is most welcome. Blachowicz and Ogle have compiled an expansive array of strategies for building comprehension and situated them in an overall literacy program. Their recommendations are grounded in both what good readers do when they read and what good teachers do when they teach. They include numerous examples and artifacts from actual classrooms, as well as frames and formats for use in one's own teaching. This book could be used in field-based teacher study groups, preservice and inservice teacher education, or by individual teachers and teacher educators. After the first two chapters, which frame the book, readers can choose what they read, how, and in what order. The chapter on comprehension assessment will be especially appreciated by all!" --Nell K. Duke, EdD, Michigan State University and The Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement

"This lively, readable book presents a detailed model of comprehension that provides the basis for a systematic discussion of varied aspects of reading instruction. The authors' major goal is clear: to help teachers develop active, motivated, and skillful readers who will successfully meet the challenges of the 21st century. Detailed descriptions of research-based strategies, sample classroom materials, and vignettes about engaged readers make this an important new text for both beginning and experienced teachers." --Patricia S. Koskinen, PhD, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Maryland

"Teaching children to comprehend text is our greatest literacy challenge. This book addresses the issues of producing constructive, strategic, and motivated readers. The many practical models and teaching illustrations interspersed throughout the book add immeasurably to its overall effectiveness." --W. Dorsey Hammond, PhD, Reading and Language Arts Department, School of Education and Human Services, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

About the Author

Camille Blachowicz, PhD, is Professor of Education at National-Louis University, where she also directs the Reading Specialist program and the Reading Center. She is the author of several books and numerous chapters, monographs, and articles on vocabulary and comprehension instruction and on working with at-risk readers. Dr. Blachowicz was a Fulbright Fellow to Italy and is active in professional organizations and staff development nationally and internationally.

Donna Ogle, EdD, is Professor of Education at National-Louis University and President-Elect of the International Reading Association. She serves on the boards of many professional organizations, including the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Project, which provides staff development for change in Eastern Europe. Dr. Ogle is the author of many publications related to the topic of comprehension development, and is a frequent speaker on the subject.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: The Guilford Press; 1 edition (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572305959
• ISBN-13: 978-1572305953
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,366,831 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Camille Blachowicz is Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Emeritus at National College of Education of National Louis University where she is co-principal investigator of the Multiphase Comprehensive Vocabulary Instruction Project and of The Reading Leadership Institute. In her long career as an educator, Dr. Blachowicz has been a classroom teacher, team leader and reading specialist as well as a university educator and staff developer. Her work is known for its practical ideas, real classroom examples and strong research base.

Dr. Blachowicz's research has been supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation, the Fulbright Council, the International Reading Association and the National Center for Educational Research. Dr. Blachowicz's articles have been published in journals ranging from Educational Leadership, Reading Teacher to Reading Research Quarterly. She is also co-author of the many books listed on Amazon and of the chapter on vocabulary research for the third Handbook of Reading Research along with numerous book chapters and monographs.


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