What Really Matters for Middle School Readers: From Research to Practice, 1st edition

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Reading development in grades 5 through 9: Problems and promise

Chapter 2: It’s not decoding that is the problem (but that is what most remediation targets)

Chapter 3: “It’s the words, man”: Limited meaning vocabulary and how to improve it

Chapter 4: Read more, read better: Addressing a major source of reading difficulties

Chapter 5: Reading with comprehension: Understanding understanding

Chapter 6: Literate conversation: A powerful but seldom used method for fostering understanding of complex texts

Chapter 7: Getting the gist of it all: Summarization after reading

Chapter 8: Pulling it all together: Effective instruction all day long

Appendix: Study Guide for What Really Matters for Middle School Readers