Tennessee also requires middle school teachers to pass the Praxis Teaching Reading: Elementary Education test, which, under the heading «
reading comprehension strategies across text types,» requires teachers to know «how to select and use a variety of informational, descriptive, and persuasive materials at appropriate reading levels to promote students» comprehension of nonfiction, including content - area texts.»
Not exact matches
Disciplinary literacy is framed as «content area
reading instruction, or a way of teaching cognitive
strategies across various content area classrooms to promote
comprehension.»
Typically, graphic organizers are useful as isolated
strategies, but using a single graphic related to a specific task may not provide the student with the flexibility necessary to link
strategies in more complex situations, such as in
reading comprehension across disciplines and interpreting literature.
Our Activities, Learn Screens and worksheets are great tools for enhancing students» vocabulary acquisition and
reading confidence
across different genres of writing, and introduce
comprehension strategies students can use to deepen their understanding.
Transfer effects of a
reading comprehension strategy on achievement and teacher judgments
across grades 3 - 7.
The author, a leading expert in
reading comprehension strategies instruction, describes how teachers in schools
across the United States are taking this instructional approach in «exciting new directions.»