Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension
Author | : Kelly B. Cartwright |
Publisher | : Guilford Publications |
Total Pages | : 401 |
Release | : 2023-03-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781462551491 |
ISBN-13 | : 1462551491 |
Rating | : 4/5 (91 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "How do K-12 students become self-regulated learners who actively deploy comprehension strategies to make meaning from texts? This cutting-edge guide is the first book to highlight the importance of executive skills for improving reading comprehension. Chapters review the research base for particular executive functions/m-/such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control/m-/and present practical skills-building strategies for the classroom. Detailed examples show what each skill looks like in real readers, and sidebars draw explicit connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)"--