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Comprehension [Grades K-12]: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading

Comprehension [Grades K-12]: The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading

By Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nicole V Law

Radically change the way students learn from texts, extending beyond comprehension to critical reasoning and problem solving. Comprehension proposes a new, comprehensive model of reading instruction that goes beyond teaching skills to fostering engagement and motivation. Using a structured, three-pronged approach--skill, will, and thrill--students learn to experience reading as a purposeful act and embrace struggle as a natural part of the reading process.

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Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Publish Date: 09/29/2020
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781071812839
ISBN-10: 1071812831
Language: English

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Radically change the way students learn from texts, extending beyond comprehension to critical reasoning and problem solving.

Comprehension proposes a new, comprehensive model of reading instruction that goes beyond teaching skills to fostering engagement and motivation. Using a structured, three-pronged approach--skill, will, and thrill--students learn to experience reading as a purposeful act and embrace struggle as a natural part of the reading process. Instruction occurs in three phases:

- Skill. Holistically developing skills and strategies necessary for students to comprehend text.

- Will. Creating the mindsets, motivations, and habits necessary to engage fully with texts.

- Thrill. Fostering the thrill of comprehension and using the knowledge for something else.


About the Authors

Douglas Fisher, Ph. D. , is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College.

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John began his career in Augusta County, Virginia, teaching mathematics and science to a wide-range of students. Since then, John has authored multiple articles, reports, book chapters, and eleven books including Captivate, Activate, and Invigorate the Student Brain in Science and Math, Grades 6 - 12 (Corwin Press, 2013), From Snorkelers to Scuba Divers (Corwin Press, 2018), both with Ann Miller, and Visible Learning for Science, with Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Hattie (Corwin Press, 2018).

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Nicole Law, PhD, author consultant presents in the areas of leadership, professional learning communities, culturally responsive pedagogy, educating multilingual learners, and multidimensional aspects for Visible Learning. In addition, she has served as a curriculum coordinator for English language learners, cultural responsivity, AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination), district equity, and mathematics and science instruction in the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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