Executive skills and reading comprehension : a guide for educators
Cartwright, Kelly B.
Executive skills and reading comprehension : a guide for educators / Kelly B. Cartwright ; foreword by Nell K. Duke - Second edition - xx, 379 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-364) and index.
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
9781462551491
Reading comprehension
Executive ability in children
372.47
Executive skills and reading comprehension : a guide for educators / Kelly B. Cartwright ; foreword by Nell K. Duke - Second edition - xx, 379 pages : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-364) and index.
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
9781462551491
Reading comprehension
Executive ability in children
372.47