Resources

RtI - Response to Intervention

Research - Author's Craft
"Well-structured texts area easier for students to understand than poorly written materials."
"If readers know how authors structure their writing, they can more readily understand and remember what they read."
"An inviting writing style enhances interest and comprehension."

Armbruster and Anderson. Producing "Considerate" Expository Text. Reading Education Report No. 46. Champaign:

University of Illinois, Center for the Study of Reading, 1984.

Beck, I.L., and M.G. McKeown. "Comprehension: The Sine Qua Non of Reading." Teaching and Change. 6 (1999).

Goldenberg, C. 1994 Instructional conversations: promoting comprehension through discussion.

Reading Teacher. 46 (4):316-326.

Goldman S. and J. Rakestraw. 2000. Structural aspects of constructing meaning from text. In M.

Kamil, P. Mosenthal, P. D. Pearson, R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of Reading Research, Vol ill:

311-335. NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Graves, D. H. 1994. A Fresh Look at Writing. NH:

Richgels, D., L. McGee and E. Slaton. Teaching expository text in children's comprehension of text:

research into practice. In D. Muth (Ed.) Children's Comprehension of Text: Research into Practice.

167-184. DE International Reading Association.