Comprehension First: Inquiry into Big Ideas Using Important Questions

Author:   Claudia Cornett
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138078048


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   03 May 2017
Format:   Hardback
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This book is about designing instruction that makes comprehension the priority in reading and in content area study. The comprehension model described responds to calls from literacy experts and professional organizations for inquiry-based instruction that prepares readers to be active meaning makers who are adept at both critical and creative thinking. Comprehension First introduces a before, during, after Comprehension Problem Solving (CPS) process that helps readers ask key questions so they arrive at a substantial comprehension product-""big ideas"" based on themes and conclusions drawn from literary works and expository texts. The book further describes how to orchestrate research-based best practices to build lessons and units around big ideas and important questions. In this age of multiple literacies, all of us must learn to be more nimble users of Literacy 2.0 communication tools. Mastering problem solving is at the core of this challenge. Comprehension First embraces this challenge by inviting present and future teachers to examine WHY and HOW these tools can be used more purposefully to achieve the pre-eminent literacy goal of deep comprehension.

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Author:   Claudia Cornett
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138078048


ISBN 10:   1138078042
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   03 May 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword xv Preface xvii About the Author xxii 1 Comprehension Definitions, Issues, and Directions 2 Comprehension Problem Solving Inquiry into Big Ideas Using Important Questions 3 Teachers, Context, and the Comprehension Task 4 Assessing to Differentiate Instruction 5 Explicit Teaching of Comprehension Strategies and Text Characteristics 6 Using Motivation Strategies to Engage Comprehension 7 Using Questioning to Promote Discussion and Conversation 8 Teaching Vocabulary and Fluency for Comprehension 9 Teaching Diverse Response Options to Show Comprehension 10 Organizing Main Events with Embedded Comprehension Practices Appendices References Author Index Subject Index

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