Reading for Meaning: Fostering Comprehension in the Middle Grades (Language and Literacy (Paperback)) - Softcover

Van Den Broek, Paulus Willem; Graves PhD, Michael F; Taylor, Barbara; Broek, Paulus Willem Van Den

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807738964 ISBN 13: 9780807738962

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 1999

Synopsis

Reading comprehension is of great concern to many Americans. This work brings together leading scholars and researchers, providing a broad overview of educational and psychological research on the teaching of reading to middle grade students.

About this title

About the Author:

Barbara M. Taylor is Guy Bond Chair in Reading and a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota. She is also a principal investigator for the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Michael Graves is professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota and Head of the Literacy Education Program. Dr. Graves currently chairs the Studies and Research Program Development Committee for the International Reading Association. Paul van den Broek is currently Guy Bond Professor in Reading and the former director of the Center for Cognitive Sciences at the University of Minnesota. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Psychology, Discourse Processes, and Memory and Cognition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0807738964
• ISBN 13: 9780807738962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206