Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT
Duration: 1 hour
Sponsor: Headsprout

Hear how districts are improving reading comprehension scores in grades 3-5 with a web-based program called Headsprout, which uses individualized, adaptive instruction to meet each child’s learning progress.

What you will learn:

• How adaptive instruction adjusts to each student
• Providing the additional instruction each child needs when they need it
• Why improving reading comprehension can significantly increase student performance across other subject areas by cultivating critical thinking skills
• How this research-based approach for teaching reading comprehension addresses the key areas of inferential comprehension, literal comprehension, main idea, and vocabulary from context