
Comprehension First
Inquiry into Big Ideas Using Important Questions
Claudia Cornett(Author)
Holcomb Hathaway, Incorporated (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-890871-98-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Scottsdale
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
925 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-890871-98-7 (9781890871987)
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Person
Claudia Comett
Content
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?