Comprehension Reading Recommendations
By Diane Snowball

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Comprehension Instruction - Research Based Best Practices. Block, Cathy Collins and Pressley, Michael. (2002). New York: Guilford Press.

Reciprocal teaching of comprehension-fostering and comprehension monitoring activities.
Palinscar, A. and Brown, A. (1984). Cognition and Instruction, I(2), 117-175.

Comprehension Instruction in the Primary Grades.
Pearson, David P. and Duke, Nell K. (2002). In C.C. Block & M. Pressley (Eds.), Comprehension Instruction: Research-based Best Practices. New York: Guilford.

Effective Beginning Reading Instruction: The Rest of the Story From Research. Pressley, Michael. (2002). Washington: National Education Association.

Teaching Comprehension (Levels K-2; 3-6; 6-9), Snowball, Diane. et al (2005). Port Washington, NY, AUSSIE Interactive. (Three CD-ROMs for professional development about the teaching of comprehension).

To read Diane Snowball's related article "Comprehension for All" click here

Diane Snowball is a literary consultant and author, and the President of the professional development company Australian and United States Services in Education (A.U.S.S.I.E.).