Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension, Second Edition - Kelly B. Cartwright - Bog

This pioneering book is now in a revised and expanded second edition featuring the latest neuroscientific knowledge and instructional strategies. It provides a teacher-friendly explanation of executive skills--such as planning, organization, cognitive flexibility, and impulse control--and their role in reading comprehension. Detailed examples illustrate how each skill is deployed by strong comprehenders and ways to tailor instruction for students who are struggling. The companion website features reproducible planning and assessment forms from the book as well as supplemental card sorts to teach and assess cognitive flexibility, ready to download and print in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.