Teaching Main Idea Comprehension

Intended to help classroom teachers, curriculum developers, and researchers, this book provides current information on theoretical and instructional aspects of main idea comprehension. Titles and authors are as follows: "The Confused World of Main Idea" (James W. Cunningham and David W. Moore); "The Comprehension of Important Information in Written Prose" (Peter N. Winograd and Connie A. Bridge); "What Do Expert Readers Do When the Main Idea Is Not Explicit?" (Peter P. Afflerbach and Peter H. Johnston); "Research and Instructional Development on Main Idea Skills" (Joanna P. Williams); "Actively Teaching Main Idea Skills" (Mark W. Aulls); "The Direct Instruction of Main Idea Comprehension Ability" (James F. Baumann); "Teaching Students Main Idea Comprehension: Alternatives to Repeated Exposures" (Victoria Chou Hare and Adelaide Bates Bingham); "Teaching Middle Grade Students to Summarize Content Textbook Material" (Barbara M. Taylor); "Graphic Organizers: Cuing Devices for Comprehending and Remembering Main Ideas" (Donna E. Alvermann); "Getting the Main Idea of the Main Idea: A Writing/Reading Process" (James Flood and Diane Lapp); and "Main Idea Instruction for Low Performers: A Direct Instruction Analysis" (Edward J. Kameenui). (EL)