03554nam 2200613 a 450 991022011030332120240410072732.00-8330-3227-5(CKB)111056486806474(EBL)227837(OCoLC)475935215(SSID)ssj0000233004(PQKBManifestationID)11176136(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000233004(PQKBWorkID)10219638(PQKB)10875821(Au-PeEL)EBL227837(CaPaEBR)ebr10425059(OCoLC)50851156(MiAaPQ)EBC227837(EXLCZ)9911105648680647420011031d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading for understanding[electronic resource] toward an R & D program in reading comprehension /RAND Reading Study Group, Catherine Snow, chair1st ed.Santa Monica, Calif. Rand Science and Technology Policy Institute20021 online resource (183 p.)"Prepared for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI)."0-8330-3105-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-145).Reading for Understanding; PREFACE; FIGURES; TABLES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; RAND READING STUDY GROUP AND RAND STAFF; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; STUDY METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; THE ISSUES MOTIVATING THIS STUDY; MUCH IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT IMPROVING COMPREHENSION; THE NEED FOR A DEFINITION OF READING COMPREHENSION; Chapter Two DEFINING COMPREHENSION; THE READER; THE TEXT; THE ACTIVITY; THE CONTEXT; Chapter Three VARIABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSION; VARIABILITY IN READERS; VARIABILITY IN TEXT; VARIABILITY IN ACTIVITY; VARIABILITY IN THE CONTEXTChapter Four A RESEARCH AGENDA FOR IMPROVING READING COMPREHENSIONCOMPREHENSION INSTRUCTION; TEACHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION; ASSESSMENT OF READING COMPREHENSION; Chapter Five STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING A RESEARCH PROGRAM ON READING COMPREHENSION; PREREQUISITES TO ESTABLISHING AN EXCELLENT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM; Establishing Priorities; Building on Strengths; Improving the Status of Educational Research; METHODS APPROPRIATE TO THE TASK; THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE: ORGANIZING FOR PROGRAMMATIC RESEARCH ON READING COMPREHENSION; AFTERWORDAppendix A AN EXPANDED REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON VARIABILITY IN READING COMPREHENSIONAppendix B OUTLINE OF A SAMPLE REQUEST FOR APPLICATION; REFERENCES; BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESThis is a study on how the US Department of Education's Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) might improve the quality and relevance of the education research it funds. It develops a research agenda to address the most pressing issues in literacy and the teaching of reading.Reading comprehensionResearchReadingResearchReading comprehensionResearch.ReadingResearch.428.4/3Snow Catherine ESnow Cathy863712Science and Technology Policy Institute (Rand Corporation)United States.Office of Educational Research and Improvement.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220110303321Reading for understanding1927795UNINA