Improving middle-grades reading in urban schools: The Memphis Comprehension Framework

Reading Teacher

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 774-780

  Flynt, E Sutton ^a   Cooter Jr , Robert B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Same University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744436220     PISSN: 00340561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RT.58.8.8     Document Type: Review

References (25)

1. Adams, A., Carnine, D., & Gersten, R. (1982). Instructional strategies for studying content area texts in the intermediate grades. Reading Research Quarterly, 18, 27-55.
2. Anderson, V., & Roit, M. (1993). Planning and implementing collaborative strategy instruction for delayed readers in grades 6-10. Elementary School Journal, 94, 121-137.
3. Armbruster, B.B., Anderson, T.H., & Meyer, J.L. (1992). Improving content-area reading using instructional graphics. Reading Research Quarterly, 26, 393-416.
4. Armbruster, B.B., Anderson, T.H., & Ostertag, J. (1987). Does text structure/summarization instruction facilitate learning from expository text? Reading Research Quarterly, 22, 331-346.
5. Bean, T.W., & Steenwyk, F.L. (1984). The effect of three forms of summarization instruction on sixth graders' summary writing and comprehension. Journal of Reading Behavior, 16, 297-306.
6. Benson, V., & Cummins, C. (2000). The power of retelling. Bothell, WA: Wright Group.
7. Brett, A., Rothlein, L., & Hurley, M. (1996). Vocabulary acquisition from listening to stories and explanations of target words. Elementary School Journal, 96, 415-422.
8. Chall, U.S., Jacobs, V.A., & Baldwin, L.E. (1990). The reading crisis: Why poor children fall behind. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
9. Cooter, K.S. (2003, September). Preparing middle school students for the TAKS in writing: A professional development seminar. Paper presented at the meeting of North Texas Urban Educators, Fort Worth, TX.
10. Cooter, R.B. (2004). Perspectives on rescuing urban literacy education: Spies, saboteurs, and saints. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
11. Duke, N.K. (2004, May). Strategies for improving comprehension. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Reading Association, Reno, NV.
12. Durkin, D. (1978/1979). What classroom observations reveal about reading comprehension instruction. Reading Research Quarterly, 14, 481-457. doi:10.1598/RRQ.14.4.2
13. Gersten, R., Fuchs, L.S., Williams, J.P., & Baker, S. (2001). Teaching reading comprehension strategies to students with learning disabilities: A review of research. Review of Educational Research, 71, 279-320.
14. National Center for Education Statistics. (2004). NAEP trial urban district assessment. Retrieved December 1, 2004, from http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/reading/results2003/districtresults.asp
15. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction (NIH Publication No. 00-4769). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.
16. Nicholson, T., & Whyte, B. (1992). Matthew effects in learning new words while listening to stories. In C.K. Kinzer & D.J. Leu (Eds.), Literacy research, theory, and practice: Views from many perspectives (41st yearbook of the National Reading Conference, pp. 499-503). Chicago, IL: The National Reading Conference.
17. Pearson, P.D., & Gallagher, M.C. (1983). The instruction of reading comprehension. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 8, 317-344.
18. Pressley, M. (2000). What should comprehension instruction be the instruction of? In M. Kamil, P.B. Mosenthal, P.D. Pearson, & R. Barr (Eds.), Handbook of reading research (Vol. 3, pp. 545-562). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
19. Reutzel, D.R., & Cooter, R.B. (2005). The essentials of teaching children to read. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill/Prentice Hall.
20. Rinehart, S.D., Stahl, S.A., & Erickson, L.G. (1986). Some effects of summarization training on reading and studying. Reading Research Quarterly, 21, 422-438.
21. Simmons, D.C., Griffin, C.C., & Kame'enui, E.J. (1988). Effects of teacher-constructed pre- and post-graphic organizer instruction on sixth-grade science students' comprehension and recall. Journal of Educational Research, 82(1), 15-21.
22. Snow, C. (2002). Reading for understanding: Toward an R & D program in reading comprehension. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
23. Stevens, R.J. (1988). Effects of strategy training on the identification of the main idea of expository passages. Journal of Educational Psychology, 80, 21-26.
24. Taylor, B.M. (1982). Text structure and children's comprehension and memory for expository material. Journal of Educational Psychology, 74, 323-340.
25. Tomesen, M., & Aarnoutse, C. (1998). Effects of an instructional programme for deriving word meanings. Educational Studies, 24(1), 107-128.