QAR Now : A Powerful and Practical Framework That Develops Comprehension and Higher-Level Thinking in All Students

by Taffy E Raphael; Kathy Highfield; Kathryn H Au

• ISBN13: 9780439745833
• ISBN10: 0439745837
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: Teaching Resources

Summary

QAR, Question Answer Relationships, is a powerful, research-based approach for improving reading comprehension that has been helping students become better readers for more than 20 years. Now, QAR's creator, Taffy Raphael and coauthors Kathy Au and Kathy Highfield, have written a comprehensive guide that reflects on two decades of classroom application and expands on the original thinking behind QAR. In this highly practical resource, they show how QAR provides a framework for organizing questioning activities and comprehension instruction, how it aligns with state standards and assessments, and how you can easily integrate it across all the content areas. With the unprecedented emphasis on reading comprehension, increased expectations for all students, and greater demands for teacher accountability, this in-depth resource is needed now more than ever. For use with Grades K-8.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	4	(1)
Foreword	5	(3)
P. David Pearson
Introduction	8	(5)
Understanding Question Answer Relationships	13	(22)
How to Teach QAR Lessons: A Six-Step Model	35	(25)
How QAR Frames Comprehension Instruction	60	(25)
Teaching QAR Across Grades and Content Areas	85	(19)
QAR and Test Preparation	104	(22)
The Benefit of Whole-School Adoption of QAR	126	(27)
Teacher Study Group Guide	153	(15)
Bibliography	168	(6)
Index	174