reading comprehension

Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension Nell K. Duke and P. David Pearson From What Reasearch Has to Say About Reading, Third Edition. Copyright © 2002 by the International Reading Association, Inc. Reproduced by permission of the... More

Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension Nell K. Duke and P. David Pearson From What Reasearch Has to Say About Reading, Third Edition. Copyright © 2002 by the International Reading Association, Inc. Reproduced by permission of the International Reading Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Professional Article ©ScholasticRed2002 red_c7_l6r_pa_duke. pdf Reading comprehension research has a long and rich history. There is much that we can say about both the nature of reading comprehension as a process and about effective reading comprehension instruction. Most of what we know has been learned since 1975. Why have we been able to make so much progress so fast? We believe that part of the reason behind this steep learning curve has been the lack of controversy about teaching comprehension. Unlike decoding, oral reading, and reading readiness, those who study reading comprehension instruction have avoided much of the acrimony characteristic of work in other aspec Less