Comprehension Instruction: Research-Based Best Practices (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) - Softcover

Cathy Collins Block, PhD, has served on the graduate faculty of Texas Christian University since 1977. She has taught at Southern Illinois University/n-/Carbondale, served as Research Assistant at the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Cognitive Development, and taught kindergarten through high school in private and public schools. Dr. Block has directed and served as principal investigator of six nationally funded research projects and has served on the boards of directors of a number of organizations, including the National Center for Research and Training for Learning Disabilities and the National Reading Conference.

Michael Pressley, PhD, is the Notre Dame Chair in Catholic Education and Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame. He is an expert in comprehension processing and in primary-level reading education, which is related to his career-long research on children's learning. He has published about 250 articles, chapters, and books. His most recent research involves exploration of how literacy can be motivated in classrooms.