Handbook of Research on Reading Comprehension

This esteemed reference work and professional resource, now substantially revised, integrates classic and cutting-edge research on how children and adolescents make meaning from text. The comprehension tasks and challenges facing students at different grade levels are explored, with attention to multiple text types and reading purposes. Preeminent researchers offer a range of perspectives--cognitive, neuroscientific, sociocultural, pedagogical, and technological--on key aspects of comprehension. Effective approaches to assessment, instruction, and intervention are reviewed. The volume also addresses issues in teaching specific populations, including struggling readers and English language learners.

New to This Edition
*A decade's worth of significant research advances are reflected in 10 entirely new chapters.
*Revised throughout to incorporate new studies and timely topics: the expanding role of technology, changing school populations, the Common Core standards, international research, and more.
*Chapters on graphic, scientific, and multiple digital texts. 
*Chapters on fluency, professional learning, and literacy coaching.

Susan E. Israel, PhD, is a literacy researcher, educator, and author who has focused on reading comprehension since her early days teaching in the classroom in the 1990s. She taught at the University of Notre Dame, in the Alliance for Catholic Education summer program, and at the University of Dayton, where she received the Panhellenic Council Outstanding Professor Award. Dr. Israel is a recipient of a Teacher as Researcher grant from the International Literacy Association (ILA) and has served on several ILA committees and interest groups, including as president of the History of Literacy Special Interest Group. She is founder and president of the Coronation Institute, where she hopes to train literacy teachers to serve in under-resourced primary grades around the world. Dr. Israel has written or edited more than 25 books on literacy and teacher education, including, most recently, Verbal Protocols in Literacy Research.