Table of Contents

Foreword by Jean Gross CBE xiii

Acknowledgements xv

Chapter 1 What is Reading Comprehension? 1

Chapter 2 The Poor Comprehender Profile 13

Chapter 3 The York Reading for Meaning Project: An Overview 27

Chapter 4 Teaching Principles 47

Chapter 5 Intervention Materials: Oral Language Programme 59

Chapter 6 Intervention Materials: Text Level Programme 99

Chapter 7 Intervention Materials: Combined Programme 135

Chapter 8 Feedback and Evaluation 141

Chapter 9 Theoretical and Practical Implications 157

Appendices

• Appendix 1. Consent Procedures 165
• Appendix 2. Training of Teaching Assistants 166
• Appendix 3. Teaching Assistant Feedback on Training 166
• Appendix 4. Manual Production 168
• Appendix 5. Additional Preparation 168
• Appendix 6. Fortnightly Tutorial Groups 169
• Appendix 7. Record Sheets 169
• Appendix 8. Observations and On-site Feedback 170
• Appendix 9. Newsletters 172
• Appendix 10. Sharing Data 172

Glossary 175

References 187