Understanding annotation as an active reading strategy Annotation is more than just marking up a page — it’s a deliberate process that keeps readers engaged, thinking, and interacting with a text.

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

Reading comprehension instruction doesn't line up with what the evidence shows can work—and it goes on way too long. A recent meta-analysis confirms that it’s best to teach reading comprehension ...