Gina N. Cervetti on Reading for Understanding

How reading for understanding research complicates the simple view of reading, and implications for later success as adolescent readers.

Speaker(s): Gina N. Cervetti

Young-Suk Grace Kim on Listening and Reading Comprehension

Listening comprehension, what it is, what skills and knowledge contribute to it, and what effective teaching strategies should be employed in the classroom. *This video was created exclusively for the Supporting Readers Who Struggle collections.

Speaker(s): Young-Suk Grace Kim

Sharon Russell and Judy Miller on Effective Strategies for Increasing Adolescent Disciplinary Literacy

On the comprehension roadblocks adolescents may face in reading academic text and what strategies are available to help. *This video is excerpted from a full session.

Speaker(s): Sharon Russell, Judy Miller

George Hruby on Teaching Challenges and Reading Difficulties

On the pitfalls of the simple view of reading, and how educators can teach to the student, not the disability. *This audio presentation was created exclusively for the Supporting Readers Who Struggle collections. **A PDF handout is included.

Speaker(s): George Hruby

Engaging Struggling Adolescent Readers to Improve Reading Skills

How behavioral engagement fosters struggling adolescents’ reading growth, and how teachers’ perceptions of their students’ emotional and cognitive engagement further contribute to reading competence.

Author(s): James S. Kim, Lowry Hemphill, Margaret Troyer, Jenny M. Thompson, Stephanie M. Jones, Maria D. LaRusso, Suzanne Donovan

The Influence of Genre Understanding on Strategy Use and Comprehension

How expectations regarding how to read in a genre and discipline may influence comprehension and the ways in which strategies are employed.

Author(s): Monica S. Yoo

Knowledge at the Center of English Language Arts Instruction

Five practices for creating a knowledge-building classroom to support students’ current and future reading.

Author(s): Gina N. Cervetti, Elfrieda H. Hiebert

Morphological Contributions to Adolescent Word Reading: An Item Response Approach

How morphology supports derived-word reading for different types of readers and different types of words and can help guide the design of instructional programs to support adolescent word reading.

Author(s): Amanda P. Goodwin, Jennifer K. Gilbert, Sun-Joo Cho

Why the “Struggling Reader” Label is Harmful (and What Educators Can Do About It)

Instructional practices to transform literacy teaching and disrupt deficit view labels of students.

Author(s): Katherine K. Frankel, Maneka Deanna Brooks

The ACTOR Method: Enhancing Close, Critical, and Efficient Reading of Informational Texts

A method designed for post-secondary students to help them become focused, engaged, and productive before, during, and after reading.

Author(s): Victoria Rey