The Pillars of Reading: A Need for Comprehension Instruction

We’ll speak with Dr. Elena Forzani and Dr. Andrea Bien, two former elementary teachers and current professors at Boston University, about the importance of comprehension instruction and why students need to develop multiple skills to become good readers.

Further reading:

"A Focus on Phonics or Comprehension? What Reading Research Should Look Like in Practice" by Dr. Elena Forzani and Dr. Andrea Bien

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/opinion-a-focus-on-phonics-or-comprehension-what-reading-research-should-look-like-in-practice/2023/08

 

"The Science of Reading Progresses: Communicating Advances Beyond the Simple View of Reading" by Nell K. Duke and Kelly B. Cartwright (includes a model of the active view of reading)

https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rrq.411

 

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