Reading for understanding : toward an R & D program in reading comprehension / RAND Reading Study Group, Catherine Snow, chair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snow, Catherine E.

RAND Reading Study Group.

Contributor:

Snow, Cathy.

Science and Technology Policy Institute (Rand Corporation)

United States. Office of Educational Research and Improvement.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading comprehension--Research.

Reading comprehension.

Reading--Research.

Reading.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Science and Technology Policy Institute, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a study on how the US Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) might improve the quality and relevance of the education research it funds. It develops a research agenda to address the most pressing issues in literacy and the teaching of reading.

Contents:

Reading for Understanding; PREFACE; FIGURES; TABLES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; RAND READING STUDY GROUP AND RAND STAFF; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; STUDY METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; THE ISSUES MOTIVATING THIS STUDY; MUCH IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT IMPROVING COMPREHENSION; THE NEED FOR A DEFINITION OF READING COMPREHENSION; Chapter Two DEFINING COMPREHENSION; THE READER; THE TEXT; THE ACTIVITY; THE CONTEXT; Chapter Three VARIABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION; VARIABILITY IN READERS; VARIABILITY IN TEXT; VARIABILITY IN ACTIVITY; VARIABILITY IN THE CONTEXT

Chapter Four A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSIONCOMPREHENSION INSTRUCTION; TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION; ASSESSMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION; Chapter Five STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING A RESEARCH PROGRAM ON READING COMPREHENSION; PREREQUISITES TO ESTABLISHING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM; Establishing Priorities; Building on Strengths; Improving the Status of Educational Research; METHODS APPROPRIATE TO THE TASK; THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: ORGANIZING FOR PROGRAMMATIC RESEARCH ON READING COMPREHENSION; AFTERWORD

Appendix A AN EXPANDED REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON VARIABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSIONAppendix B OUTLINE OF A SAMPLE REQUEST FOR APPLICATION; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

Notes:

"Prepared for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-145).

ISBN:

0-8330-3227-5

OCLC:

475935215