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“Reading Comprehension Strategies and Teacher Preparation” claims
that successful teachers of reading comprehension are created through
teacher training and professional development. Joanna Williams
describes four studies that investigated how specific teacher-training
approaches later affected children’s achievement in comprehension.
Think back to your own teacher education program. How well did it
prepare you to help students comprehend text?
As well as remembering your own experience, think about these
general questions as you read this week:
• How can you teach comprehension strategies more effectively in
order to have lasting effects on students’ future reading?
• What characteristics of effective reading instruction presented
in this chapter demonstrate a positive effect on reading
comprehension?
• What characteristics of instructional delivery have proven most
effective in comprehension instruction?
• How can you apply these effective instructional approaches and
strategies in your classroom?
From the Professional Development Edition of What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction (3rd ed.),
© 2009 International Reading Association.
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