Dr. Anita Archer on Reading Comprehension

Originally published here on March 10, 2008.

I attended the session this afternoon by Dr. Anita Archer on reading comprehension.

Dr. Archer was an enjoyable speaker. She has a unique approach of modeling her suggestions as she presents them. It leaves you feeling a little like you're a second grader in her class. But it also serves to make the ideas seem more logical and more memorable.

Dr. Archer examined a number of common practices and discussed their value for comprehension. She also introduced a few new possibilities to the repertoire of comprehension tools and discussed why those new ideas have merit.

I enjoyed Dr. Archer and plan (at the moment) to attend her session on vocabulary tomorrow morning.