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Reading Comprehension

• "Why Tell On Yourself?": A Text-Based Moral Dilemma Revisited
  Describes how the author incorporated a shared book reading using the multicultural book "Too Many Tamales" (by G. Soto and E.
• Background Knowledge, Linguistic Complexity, and Second-Language Reading Comprehension
  Examines the role of cultural background knowledge on the reading comprehension of third graders acquiring literacy in Dutch as a first and second language while reading noncontrived texts from the reading curricula. Finds a facilitating effect of cultural familiarity for both reading comprehension and reading efficiency.
• CIRCA 2000: Curriculum Intervention for Reading Comprehension & Achievement
  Presents an essay that is the result of group-centered activities by graduate students and a faculty mentor in a leadership training program for prospective educational administrators in California. Notes that the class produced some forward-moving and future-thinking core recommendations for reading improvement and achievement in multicultural settings.
• CIRCA 2000: Curriculum Intervention for Reading Comprehension & Achievement
  The article presents an essay that is the result of group-centered activities by graduate students and a faculty mentor in a leadership training program for prospective educational administrators in California.
• Early Positive Predictors of Later Reading Comprehension for African American Students: A Preliminary Investigation
  A longitudinal study examined the performance of 50 African American children (ages 4-6) from low- and middle- income homes on a reading comprehension test. Preliminary results indicate two measures predicted later reading comprehension for children from low income homes, use of complex syntax and shape matching.