Teaching Comprehension and Text Structure in the Content Areas

Author: 
Sedita, J.
Year: 
2012
"The Common Core standards place significant emphasis on comprehension and text structure instruction for increasingly more complex text that is both narrative and informational (Common Core, 2010). The adoption of these standards by most states has drawn attention to the need for all teachers to explicitly teach text comprehension."
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Type: 
Article
Common Core State Standards: 
Literature
Informational Text
Literacy in History/Social Studies
Literacy in Science & Technical Subjects
Instructional Strategies: 
Summarizing
Visualizing
Self-Questioning

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