7 strategies of highly effective readers : using cognitive research to boost K-8 achievement

7 strategies of highly effective readers : using cognitive research to boost K-8 achievement / Elaine K. McEwan.

This essential reading instruction teaching tool offers hard evidence to show how effective readers use specific strategies to extract and comprehend information.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K., 1941- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, a Sage publications Company, [2004]
Subjects:
Reading (Kindergarten)
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Middle school)
Reading (Primary)
EDUCATION > Elementary.
Kognitiver Prozess
Leseunterricht
Apprentissage de la lecture.
Compréhension de la lecture.
Didactique.
Enseignement de la lecture.
Lecture méthodique.
Reading.
États-Unis.
Guide (Descripteur de forme)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Instructional Aids
  • Preface
  • The Goals of This Book
  • Special Features of This Book
  • Who This Book is for
  • Overview of the Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 1
  • The Power of Strategic Reading Instruction
  • What is Strategic Reading?
  • What is Strategic Reading Instruction?
  • What are the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers?
  • What are the Prerequisites for Strategic Reading Instruction?
  • When is a Strategy Not a Strategy?
  • Instructional Activities are Not Cognitive Strategies
  • Study Skills are Not Cognitive StrategiesReading Skills are Not Cognitive Strategies
  • When is a Strategy a Cognitive Strategy?
  • Whatâ€?s Ahead?
  • Chapter 2
  • Becoming a Strategic Teacher
  • What Does a Strategic Teacher Look Like?
  • The Teaching Moves of a Strategic Teacher
  • Direct Instructing and Explaining
  • Modeling
  • Giving Directions
  • Scaffolding
  • Coaching
  • Attributing
  • Constructing Meaning
  • The Challenges of Strategic Reading Instruction
  • Time
  • Staff Development
  • Ambiguity
  • The Benefits of Strategic Reading InstructionWhatâ€?s Ahead?
  • Chapter 3
  • Understanding the Seven Strategies
  • Cognitive Strategy 1: Activating
  • Cognitive Strategy 2: Inferring
  • Cognitive Strategy 3: Monitoring-Clarifying
  • Cognitive Strategy 4: Questioning
  • Cognitive Strategy 5: Searching-Selecting
  • Cognitive Strategy 6: Summarizing
  • Cognitive Strategy 7: Visualizing-Organizing
  • Whatâ€?s Ahead?
  • Chapter 4
  • Instructional Activities to Engage Your Students
  • Turn on Your CPU (Central Processing Unit): Grades 1â€?8
  • Description
  • Background InformationAnticipatory Set
  • I Do it: Modeling and Explaining the Strategy (Activity) for Students
  • We Do it: Further Explaining and Guided Practice
  • You Do it: Students Work in Small Groups or Individually
  • Turn on Your Math CPU (Central Processing Unit): Grades 4â€?8
  • Description
  • Background Information
  • Anticipatory Set
  • I Do it: Modeling and Explaining the Strategy (Activity) for Students
  • We Do it: Further Explaining and Guided Practice
  • You Do it: Students Work in Small Groups or Individually
  • Add it up: Grades 3â€?8
  • DescriptionBackground Information
  • Anticipatory Set
  • I Do it: Modeling and Explaining the Strategy (Activity) for Students
  • We Do it: Further Explaining and Guided Practice
  • You Do it: Students Work in Small Groups or Individually
  • A Dozen Ways to Infer: Grades 3â€?8
  • Description
  • Background Information
  • Anticipatory Set
  • I Do it: Modeling and Explaining the Strategy (Activity) for Students
  • We Do it: Further Explaining and Guided Practice
  • You Do it: Students Work in Small Groups or Individually

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