Teaching comprehension “skills and strategies” divorced from content—the standard approach—doesn’t work. But teaching students to use those techniques in the context of history and other ...

While many educators challenged the report’s findings on phonics, they embraced its endorsement of comprehension strategies. In 2006, only 15% of teacher-training programs taught comprehension ...

Comprehension strategy instruction has a solid research base. Teacher guides on evidence-based practices from the What Works Clearinghouse recommend teaching students across grade levels how to ...

Much reading comprehension instruction in schools today is focused on teaching comprehension skills—finding the main idea, comparing and contrasting—which students are supposed to learn how to ...

Teaching a child to decode words is a critical early step in reading instruction. But just because children can read words doesn’t mean they understand them. “Reading comprehension, in its ...

Schools usually focus on teaching comprehension skills instead of general knowledge—even though education researchers know better. By Natalie Wexler. Geri Lavrov / Getty. April 13, 2018.

Even evidence-based ways of improving reading comprehension can be poorly executed. Some teachers are leading reading discussions in their classrooms. Capin said he visited one such classroom a few ...

Even evidence-based ways of improving reading comprehension can be poorly executed. Some teachers are leading reading discussions in their classrooms. Capin said he visited one such classroom a few ...

In the early grades, U.S. schools value reading-comprehension skills over knowledge. The results are devastating, especially for poor kids.