1st Edition
Children's Reading Comprehension and Assessment
440 Pages
by
Routledge
438 Pages
by
Routledge
440 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originating in a recent CIERA conference held at the University of Michigan, this book brings together the nation's most distinguished researchers to examine how readers understand text and how comprehension is assessed. The first part provides both national and historical contexts for the study of reading comprehension. The second part examines how vocabulary, motivation, and expertise influence... Read more
Contents: Part I: Historical and Theoretical Foundations. A.P. Sweet, Assessment of Reading Comprehension: The RAND Reading Study Group Vision. P.D. Pearson, D.N. Hamm, The History of Reading Comprehension Assessment. W. Kintsch, E. Kintsch, Comprehension. N.K. Duke, Comprehension of What for What: Comprehension as a Non-Unitary Construct. Part II: Development and Motivational Factors in Reading Comprehension. P. van den Broek, P. Kendeou, K. Kremer, J. Lynch, J. Butler, M.J. White, E.P. Lorch, The Assessment of Comprehension Abilities in Young Children. S.G. Paris, R.D. Carpenter, A.H. Paris, E.E. Hamilton, Spurious and Genuine Correlates of Children's Reading Comprehension. S.A. Stahl, E.H. Hiebert, The "Word Factors": A Problem for Reading Comprehension Assessments. J.T. Guthrie, A. Wigfield, Roles of Motivation and Engagement in Reading Comprehension Assessment. R.C. Calfee, R.G. Miller, Comprehending Through Composing: Reflections on Reading Assessment Strategies. Part III: Assessment in School Contexts. B.M. Taylor, P.D. Pearson, Reading Assessment as a Tool to Evaluate and Improve Reading Instruction Within a School. A.S. Palincsar, S.J. Magnusson, E. Pesko, M. Hamlin, Attending to the Nature of Subject Matter in Text Comprehension Assessments. R.D. Carpenter, S.G. Paris, Issues of Validity and Reliability in Early Reading Assessments. M. Pressley, K. Hilden, Commentary on Three Important Directions in Comprehension Assessment Research. Part IV: Large-Scale Assessments of Reading Comprehension. T. Salinger, Assessment of Young Children as They Learn to Read and Write. J.R. Campbell, Single Instrument, Multiple Measures: Considering the Use of Multiple Item Formats to Assess Reading Comprehension. D.J. Francis, J.M. Fletcher, H.W. Catts, J.B. Tomblin, Dimensions Affecting the Assessment of Reading Comprehension. K.K. Wixson, J.F. Carlisle, The Influence of Large-Scale Assessment of Reading Comprehension on Classroom Practice: A Commentary.
Biography
Paris, Scott G.; Stahl, Steven A.
