Executive skills and reading comprehension : a guide for educators / Kelly B. Cartwright ; foreword by Nell K. Duke

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TextPublisher: New York : Guilford Press, [2023]Edition: Second editionDescription: xx, 379 pages : illustrationsContent type:

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Prologue : linking the new with the old : how are familiar comprehension skills and strategies related to executive skills?

Executive skills : what are they, and why are they important for developing thinking readers?

Plans and goals : getting ready to read

Organization : why text and reader organization matter

Cognitive flexibility : juggling multiple aspects of reading

Working memory : holding and linking ideas in mind while reading

Inhibition and impulse control : resisting distractions to support comprehension

Social understanding : the importance of mind reading for reading comprehension

Executive skills, word recognition, and dyslexia : cracking the code is complicated, too

Appendix A. Rubric for assessing executive skills in observations of your students' reading behavior

Appendix B. List of games that require behaviors related to the executive skills described in this book

Appendix C. List of executive skill-based intervention studies that resulted in improvements in reading

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Book	Main Library Reference Section	Reference	R 372.47 C329e 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 1	Room use only	57582QC
Book	Project 8 Branch Reference Section	Reference	R 372.47 C329e 2023 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 2	Room use only	57583QC

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-364) and index.