• Educational Research Reports from the Michigan State University College of Education

 

Comprehension Difficulties

• Want to learn more about causes and interventions for students with comprehension difficulties?
  The Comprehension Difficulties chapter in this book reviews research on prevalence and causes of comprehension difficulties as well as strategies for addressing them. Other chapters in the book also address this topic.
• • Stone, C.A., Silliman, E.R., Ehren, B.J., & Apel, K. (Eds.). (2004). Handbook of language and literacy development and disorders. New York: Guilford.

• You can view a videotape of a one-hour talk on this subject at the International Reading Association website: View video (14 MB) Audio only (6.7 MB) View PowerPoint slides(190 KB)
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• You can read a 5-page summary document titled "Comprehension Strategies Instruction" provided by Michael Pressley.

• Two books on the topic of comprehension difficulties are:
• • Intended primarily for researchers:
    • Oakhill, J., & Cornoldi, C. (1996). Reading comprehension difficulties: Processes and Interventions. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Intended primarily for practitioners:
    • Carlisle, J., & Rice, M. (2002). Improving reading comprehension: Research-based principles and practices. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, Inc

• For a 30-hour online professional development module on comprehension, including comprehension difficulties, visit the ASSIST (Advocating Strong Standards-based Induction Support for Teachers) project website.

Educational Research Reports from the Michigan State University College of Education

• Noticing Noticing: The Benefits of Video Records over Memory-based Reflections by Cheryl Rosaen, Mary Lundeberg, Marjorie Cooper, Anny Fritzen, & Marjorie Terpstra, posted December 2008
  
  
• Reading, Writing and the Roles of Authentic Experience and Explicit Teaching by Nell K. Duke, Victoria Purcell-gates and Joseph Martineau, posted November 2008
  
  
• The Effects of Technology-enabled Scaffolding on Young Writers' Composition, by Carol Sue Englert, Yong Zhao, and doctoral student Margaret Manalo, posted September, 2006
  

• Effective Beginning Reading Instruction, by Michael Pressley, posted March, 2006

• Teaching Every Child to Read: Professional Development Guide by Susan Florio-Ruane and Taffy Raphael, posted February 7, 2005

• A Case of Educational Change: Improving Student Achievement Through a School-University Partnership by Troy Mariage and Arthur Garmon, posted November, 2004

• Children's Literacy Development: Making It Happen through School, Family, and Community Involvement by Patricia Edwards, posted November, 2004

• A Path to Follow: Learning to Listen to Parents by Patricia Edwards and Heather Pleasants, posted November, 2004

• Motivating Primary-Grade Students by Michael Pressley, Sara Dolezal, Lisa Raphael, Lindsey Mohan, Alysia Roehrig, and Kristen Bogner, posted September, 2004

• A Case Study of the Apprenticeship Process by Carol Sue Englert, Ruth Berry, and KaiLonne Dusmore, posted May 24, 2003

• Comprehension Instruction in the Primary Grades by Nell Duke and P. David Pearson, posted March 15, 2003

• Effective Practices for Developing Reading Comprehension by Nell Duke and P. David Pearson, posted March 15, 2003

• Teaching for Historical Understanding in Inclusive Classrooms by Cynthia Okolo, Ralph Ferretti, and Charles Mac, posted December 10, 2002

• Preparing Future Citizens by Cynthia Okolo and Ralph Ferretti, posted December 10, 2002

• Multimedia Design Projects in an Inclusive Social Studies Classroom: Teaching Spanish Colonization by Cynthia Okolo and Ralph Ferretti, posted December 10, 2002

• Print Experiences and Environments Offered to Children In Very Low- and Very High-SES First Grade Classrooms by Nell Duke, posted April 20, 2001

• Exploring Administrators' and Teachers' Conception of "At-Riskness in an Urban Elementary School by Patricia Edwards, Jennifer Danridge, and Heather Pleasants, posted March 23, 2001

• Orchestrating the Thought and Learning of Struggling Writers by Mark Gover and Carol Sue Englert, posted March 2000

• Language Arts Standards in Action by Nell Duke and Bonnie B. Stewart, posted March, 1999

• Kindergarten Children Developing Knowledge of Information Book Language by Nell Duke and Jane Kays, posted February, 1999

• Non-Narrative as a Catalyst Literacy Development by Nell Duke and Linda Caswell, posted February, 1999

• Inside Reading Rainbow: A Spectrum of Strategies for Promoting Literacy by Nell Duke and Julie Wood, posted February, 1999

• Powerful Social Studies by Cheryl L. Rosaen and Kathleen J. Roth, posted October 1998

• Parents' and Teachers' Thoughts about Storybook Reading by Patricia Edwards, posted February, 1998