Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Learning Difficulties (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781462554805)

Alison Boardman, PhD, is Associate Professor in Equity, Bilingualism, and Biliteracy and Codirector of Elementary Teacher Education in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. She works closely with educators to study and innovate literacy instruction across content areas in classrooms that include students with learning difficulties and multilingual learners. Current investigations focus on designing and studying the use of literacy-focused project-based learning with students with learning difficulties in inclusive classrooms. Dr. Boardman is a former elementary and middle school special education teacher.

Janette K. Klingner, PhD, until her death in 2014, was Professor of Bilingual Special Education at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her principal areas of research were reading comprehension strategy instruction in diverse, inclusive secondary science and social studies classes; professional development that enhances teacher quality in diverse, inclusive classrooms; response to intervention for English learners; and the disproportionate representation of students of color in special education. She authored or coauthored more than 130 articles, books, and book chapters. Dr. Klingner was past president of the Division of Learning Disabilities of the Council for Exceptional Children, Vice President of the International Academy for Research on Learning Disabilities, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Learning Disabilities. She was a recipient of the Early Career Award from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and the Distinguished Researcher Award from the Special Education Research Special Interest Group of AERA.