In a Reading State of Mind

Brain Research, Teacher Modeling, and Comprehension Instruction

	About the Authors
	Chapter 1 If You Show Me How, I Can Learn to Do It: The Role of Modeling FREE!
	Chapter 2 Why History, the Brain, and Teachers Support Modeling
	Chapter 3 Comprehension: Building on Background, Motivation, and Knowledge to Increase Understanding
	Chapter 4 Word Solving: A Critical Component of Vocabulary Learning
	Chapter 5 Text Structures: Guidance for Readers That Facilitates Memory
	Chapter 6 Text Features: Visual and Linguistics Guidepost
	Chapter 7 Through Others, We Become Ourselves: Learning With Our Colleagues
	Appendix A Modeling Using Wolf Rider by Avi (1986)
	Appendix B Think-Aloud Record of Narrative or Informational Text
	Appendix C Glossary of Neurosciences Terminology
	References
	Index