The skills needed to understand what you have read can take a lifetime but it's worth the ongoing effort. By Evelyn O'Connor When you're asked to read a passage and respond to it, certain skills are ...

Literacy instruction does not just happen during the language arts block, as students can learn more about reading and writing during science, social studies, and mathematics. This department features ...

The Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 100, No. 3 (Jan. - Feb., 2007), pp. 132-141 (10 pages) The author examined the techniques of 3 middle school struggling readers to use silence to protect or ...

Comprehending text is a skill. Like any other skill, it needs to be learned. It remains a rare capability, despite the rise in the school-going population globally. Most schools, it seems, are no ...