Handbook of research on reading comprehension / edited by Susan E. Israel ; foreword by Gerald G. Duffy.

I. Historical Analysis. Introduction: The Consequential Pulse of Reading Comprehension Research / Susan E. Israel and D. Ray Reutzel
The Roots of Reading Comprehension Instruction / P. David Pearson and Gina N. Cervetti
Comprehension Is Not Simple: Considering the Persisting Dangers in the Simple View of Reading Comprehension / James V. Hoffman
Professional Learning for Educators Focused on Reading Comprehension: A Historical Perspective / Barbara Laster and Carla Finkelstein
Research on Helping Readers Make Sense of Print: Evolution of Comprehension-Based Pedagogy / Kenneth S. Goodman, Yetta M. Goodman, and Kelly L. Allen
II. Theoretical Perspectives. An Evolving Perspective of Constructively Responsive Reading Comprehension Strategies in Multilayered Digital Text Environments / Byeong-Young Cho and Peter Afflerbach
Toward a Theory of Literacy Meaning Making within Virtual Worlds / Richard Beach and Robert J. Tierney
Meaning Making in the 21st Century: The Sociogenesis of Reading Comprehension / James R. Gavelek and Colleen E. Whittingham
Literacy, Comprehension, and Neurosciences / George G. Hruby
III. Diagnosis, Assessment, and Intervention. Assessments of Reading Comprehension: Challenges and Directions / Lauren Leslie and JoAnne Schudt Caldwell
Using Assessments to Map and Evaluate the Comprehension Development of Young Children / Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl and Georgia Earnest García
Comprehension Difficulties and Struggling Readers / Richard L. Allington and Anne McGill-Franzen
Self-Regulation and Reading Comprehension: Moving Beyond the Individual's Cognition in Regulated Learning / Dixie D. Massey and Samuel D. Miller
Reconsidering Fluency's Role in Reading Comprehension / Melanie Kuhn and Paula J. Schwanenflugel
IV. Impact of Text and Higher-Order Processing. Text and Comprehension: A Retrospective, Perspective, and Prospective / Emily Fox and Patricia A. Alexander
Reading Comprehension in the Middle Grades: Characteristics, Challenges, and Effective Supports / Ruth Wharton-McDonald and Joy Erickson
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension: The Nexus of Meaning / Gwynne Ellen Ash and James F. Baumann
Improving Adolescent Comprehension: Developing Comprehension Strategies in the Content Areas / Mark W. Conley
Structure, Epistemology, and Metalanguage Foundations of Reading Comprehension in Scientific Texts / Linda M. Phillips and Anat Yarden
Graphic Text and Visual Literacies in Reading Comprehension / Stergios Botzakis, Jason D. DeHart, and Sean P. Connors
V. Diverse Components and Engagement. Reading Comprehension Research and the Shift toward Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy / Colleen M. Fairbanks, Jewell E. Cooper, Sandra M. Webb, and Lynn A. Masterson
Comprehension in the Disciplines / Cynthia Shanahan
Constructing Meaning through Discussion / Keli Garas-York and Janice F. Almasi
The Role of Interest in Reading Comprehension / Sheree E. Springer, Janice A. Dole, and Douglas J. Hacker
Comprehension Strategies Instruction for Learners of English: Where We Have Been, Where We Are Now, Where We Still Might Go / Rachel Brown
Family Literacy Initiatives and Reading Comprehension / Patricia A. Edwards, Maria Selena Protacio, Marliese Peltier, and Laura Hopkins
VI. Future Directions. The Role of Literacy Coaching in Improving Comprehension Instruction / Misty Sailors, Sylvia Minton, and Lorena Villarreal
Public Policy in an Era of Changing Literacies: A Focus on Reading Comprehension / Lori Helman and Cory Stai
Sophistication of Reading Comprehension: Where to from Here? / Susan E. Israel.