Introduction /Cathy Collins Block, Michael Pressley -- Comprehension strategies instruction: a turn-of-the-century status report / Michael Pressley -- The case for direct explanation of strategies / Gerald G. Duffy -- Process-based comprehension instruction: perspectives of four reading educators / Cathy Collins Block, Joni L. Schaller, Joseph A. Joy, Paola Gaine -- Implications of cognitive resource allocation for comprehension strategies instruction / Gale M. Sinatra, Kathleen J. Brown, Ralph E. Reynolds -- Metacognition in comprehension instruction / Linda Baker -- Teaching reading self-assessment strategies / Peter Afflerbach -- Reading in web-based learning environments / Hiller A. Spires, Thomas H. Estes -- Using the theme scheme to improve story comprehension / Joanna P. Williams -- "Oh excellent, excellent question!": developmental differences and comprehension acquisition / Laura B. Smolkin, Carol A. Donovan -- Individual differences that influence reading comprehension / Darcia Narvaez -- Teaching readers how to comprehend text strategically / Tom Trabasso, Edward Bouchard -- Challenges of implementing transactional strategies instruction for reading comprehension / Pamela Beard El-Dinary -- Preparing young learners for successful reading comprehension: laying the foundation / Diane H. Tracey, Lesley Mandel Morrow -- Building comprehension when they're still learning to read the words / Gay Ivey -- Comprehension instruction in the primary grades / P. David Pearson, Nell K. Duke -- Beyond literature circle: helping students comprehend informational texts / Donna Ogle, Camille L.Z. Balchowicz -- Instructional contexts for reading engagement / John T. Guthrie, Sevgi Ozgungor -- Children seaching and using information text: a critical part of comprehension / Mariam Jean Dreher -- Imagery: a strategy for enhancing comprehension / Linda B. Gambrell, Patricia S. Koskinen -- The argument schema and learning to reason / Alina Reznitskaya, Richard C. Anderson -- Straddling two worlds: self-directed comprehension instruction for middle schoolers / Rachel Brown -- Improving the reading comprehension of at-risk adolescents / Joseph B. Fisher, Jean B. Schumaker, Donald D. Deshler -- Encouraging active reading at the college level / Michele L. Simpson, Sherrie L. Nist -- Summing up: what comprehension instruction could be / Michael Pressley, Cathy Collins Block.