Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension, Second Edition: A Guide for Educators

In a revised and expanded second edition, this book provides a teacher-friendly explanation of executive skills and their role in reading comprehension, with detailed examples and instructional strategies. The companion website offers reproducible planning and assessment forms, as well as supplemental card sorts, for teaching and assessing cognitive flexibility.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 379 pages
Publication date: 10 April 2023
Publisher: Guilford Publications

This groundbreaking book has been revised and expanded to include the latest neuroscientific knowledge and instructional strategies. Kelly B. Cartwright offers a teacher-friendly explanation of executive skills, such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control, and their role in reading comprehension. Detailed examples illustrate how each skill is deployed by strong comprehenders, and ways to tailor instruction for students who are struggling. The companion website features reproducible planning and assessment forms from the book, as well as supplemental card sorts to teach and assess cognitive flexibility.

New to This Edition:
*Updated throughout with advances in theory, research, and instruction.
*Chapter on word recognition, with particular attention to dyslexia.
*Information on the development of the brain's reading network.
*Expanded emphasis on oral language comprehension.
*Appendix of intervention studies; online-only supplement with card sorts to teach and assess cognitive flexibility.

Weight: 700g
Dimension: 255 x 178 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781462551491
Edition number: 2 ed