Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension

This pioneering book is now in a revised and expanded second edition featuring the latest neuroscientific knowledge and instructional strategies. Kelly B. Cartwright provides 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.

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.