Children's reading comprehension and assessment / / edited by Scott G. Paris, Steven A. Stahl

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811239903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Mahwah, N.J. : , : L. Erlbaum Associates, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-135-62161-6; 1-135-62162-4; 1-282-37906-2; 9786612379062; 1-4106-1276-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (439 p.)
• Collana: Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
• Altri autori (Persone): ParisScott G. <1946->; StahlSteven A
• Disciplina: 372.47
• Soggetti: Reading comprehension; Reading - Ability testing
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Part I: Historical and Theoretical Foundations; 1 Assessment of Reading Comprehension: The RAND Reading Study Group Vision; 2 The Assessment of Reading Comprehension: A Review of Practices- Past, Present, and Future; 3 Comprehension; 4 Comprehension of What for What: Comprehension as a Nonunitary Construct; Part II: Developmental and Motivational Factors in Reading Comprehension; 5 Assessment of Comprehension Abilities in Young Children; 6 Spurious and Genuine Correlates of Children's Reading Comprehension; 7 The "Word Factors": A Problem for Reading Comprehension Assessment8 Roles of Motivation and Engagement in Reading Comprehension Assessment; 9 Comprehending Through Composing: Reflections on Reading Assessment Strategies; Part III: Assessment in School Contexts; 10 Using Study Groups and Reading Assessment Data to Improve Reading Instruction Within a School; 11 Attending to the Nature of Subject Matter in Text Comprehension Assessments; 12 Issues of Validity and Reliability in Early Reading Assessments; 13 ; Commentary on Three Important Directions in Comprehension Assessment Research; Part IV: Large-Scale Assessments of Reading Comprehension14 Assessment of Young Children as They Learn to Read and Write; 15 Single Instrument, Multiple Measures: Considering the Use of Multiple Item Formats to Assess Reading Comprehension; 16 Dimensions Affecting the Assessment of Reading Comprehension; 17 The Influence of Large-Scale Assessment of Reading Comprehension on Classroom Practice: A Commentary; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 comprehension, and it includes analyses of the developmental course and correlates of comprehension. Chapters in the third part consider how schools focus on comprehension for instruction and assessme