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General Articles and Reports

Full Reports
Toward a New Science of Instruction: Programmatic Investigations in Cognitive Science and Education

Research in the areas of cognitive science and education. Chapter 3 - Thinking Through Language looks into Reading, Comprehension, and Self-Explanation and Reading As Reasoning (from ED Publications, U.S. Department of Education).

Summaries
Handbook of Reading Research: Volume III
Articles in the Summary Series in Reading Online
These articles summarize chapters of reading research from the Handbook of Reading Research: Volume III, edited by Michael Kamil, Peter Mosenthal, P. David Pearson, and Rebecca Barr.
Instructional Grouping for Reading for Students with LD (Learning Disabilities): Implications for Practice This article gives an overview of the recent research on grouping practices (whole class, small group, pairs, one-on-one) during reading instruction for students with disabilities (from LD Online).
NCITE Research Synthesis: Reading and Diverse Learners NCITE review and summary of research findings and descriptive articles pertaining to media, materials and technology (MMT) which provide access to education of deaf and hard-of-hearing children from early childhood through eighth grade.
Volunteer Tutoring Programs in Reading: A Review This article reviews both the quantitative and qualitative findings of 17 programs/studies in volunteer tutoring (from Reading Research Quarterly). Subscription fee.
What Does Research Say About Reading? Article looks at important findings about reading, characteristics of poor and successful readers, characteristics of successful teaching, and more (from NCREL).