Teaching Strategic Processes in Reading, First Edition

by Almasi, Janice F.

• ISBN13: 9781572308077
• ISBN10: 1572308079
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781462506422
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-26
• Publisher: The Guilford Press
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Summary

This text focuses on a key component of literacy instruction: helping children become thoughtful, independent readers who are able to use a flexible repertoire of reading strategies for comprehension and word recognition. Presented are research-based explanations and guidelines that culminate in a comprehensive strategy instruction model. Teachers in grades K-8 learn classroom-tested ways to create an effective environment for motivated strategy use, combine explicit comprehension instruction with scaffolded support, and provide opportunities for students to verbalize their cognitive processes. The book is illustrated throughout with clearly presented case studies. Also featured are samples of actual lessons, lists of recommended student texts, and excerpts from teacher journals and portfolios, as well as reproducible learning activities, graphic organizers, and assessment tools.

Author Biography

Janice F. Almasi, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, The State University of New York at Buffalo.

Table of Contents

What Does It Mean to Be Strategic?	1	(17)
What Is Involved in Strategic Processing?	2	(1)
Why Is Strategic Processing Important?	3	(1)
What Are Cognitive Strategies?	3	(1)
What Are the Characteristics of Good Strategy Users?	4	(9)
Why Students Do Not Use Strategies	13	(2)
Summary	15	(3)
Assessing Strategic Processing	18	(25)
What Is Important to Assess in Strategic Processing?	18	(3)
Individual Informal Assessments of Strategic Processing	21	(14)
Group-Administered Informal Assessments Related to Strategic Processing	35	(3)
Generating Hypotheses about Students' Strategy Use	38	(3)
Summary	41	(2)
Designing Effective Environments for Strategy Instruction: The Strategy Instruction Model	43	(31)
Strategy Instruction Formats and Their Criticisms	44	(5)
Strategy Instruction Model	49	(22)
Summary	71	(3)
Why Do Students Struggle with Comprehension?	74	(28)
Defining Comprehension	74	(6)
Comprehension Difficulties	80	(20)
Summary	100	(2)
Strategy Instruction That Enhances Comprehension	102	(63)
Implicit Instruction of Comprehension Strategies	102	(3)
Explicit Instruction of Comprehension Strategies	105	(56)
Summary	161	(4)
Strategy Instruction That Enhances Word Recognition	165	(48)
How Do Readers Learn to Recognize Words?	165	(7)
What Strategies Do Readers Use to Recognize Words?	172	(39)
Coordinating Flexible Use of Sets of Strategies	211	(1)
Summary	211	(2)
Teaching Strategic Processing Isn't Easy: Strategy Teachers' Development	213	(35)
Growth as Teachers of Strategic Processing	213	(6)
Difficulties and Frustrations	219	(27)
Summary	246	(2)
Index	248

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