Comprehension

• Oczkus, Lori D. (2018). Reciprocal Teaching At Work: Strategies and Lessons for Improving Reading Comprehension, Third Edition. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.

Sentence Comprehension & Language Structures:

• Justice, L. M. & Ezell, H. K. (2016). The Syntax Handbook: Everything You Learned About Syntax...But Forgot, Second Edition.Austin, TX: PRO-ED Publishing, Inc.

• Moats, L. C. & Hennessy, N. (2009). Digging for Meaning: Teaching Text Comprehension. Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling. Longmont, CO: Sopris West Educational Services.

• Scott, C. M. (2009). A Case for the Sentence in Reading Comprehension. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 40, 184 – 191.

Verbal Reasoning:

• van den Broek, P., Beker, K. & Oudega, M. (2015). Inference generation in text comprehension: Automatic and strategic processes in the construction of a mental representation. In E. J. O’Brien, A. E. Cook & R. F. Lorch (Eds.) Inferences during reading (pp. 94-121). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Press.

Background Knowledge:

• Wexler, N. (2019). The knowledge gap: the hidden cause of Americas broken education system—and how to fix it. New York: Avery.