... and Pearson 2002 state that comprehension instruction should be balanced, which includes both explicit instruction in specific comprehension strategies and a great deal of time and opportunity spent actually reading, writing and discussing the text. Duke and Pearson 2002 felt that it is not just good enough to offer good instruction of reading comprehension but several important features of good reading ... and concept development through reading, experience, and above all discussion of words and their meanings. Substantial facility in the accurate and automatic decoding of words. Lots of...

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