Developing Reading Comprehension

List of Figures vii List of Boxes xi Foreword by Jean Gross CBE xiii Acknowledgements xv Chapter 1 What is Reading Comprehension? 1 Chapter 2 The Poor Comprehender Profile 13 Chapter 3 The York Reading for Meaning Project: An Overview 27 Chapter 4 Teaching Principles 47 Chapter 5 Intervention Materials: Oral Language Programme 59 Chapter 6 Intervention Materials: Text Level Programme 99 Chapter 7 Intervention Materials: Combined Programme 135 Chapter 8 Feedback and Evaluation 141 Chapter 9 Theoretical and Practical Implications 157 Appendices Appendix 1. Consent Procedures 165 Appendix 2. Training of Teaching Assistants 166 Appendix 3. Teaching Assistant Feedback on Training 166 Appendix 4. Manual Production 168 Appendix 5. Additional Preparation 168 Appendix 6. Fortnightly Tutorial Groups 169 Appendix 7. Record Sheets 169 Appendix 8. Observations and On-site Feedback 170 Appendix 9. Newsletters 172 Appendix 10. Sharing Data 172 Glossary 175 References 187