CSI – Comprehension Strategies Instruction

Sometimes it takes someone else to tell us what we already know! So it is with the vexed issue of boys’ reading achievement. In its 2009 report, the OECD acknowledged the critical role played by engagement: “Most of the gender gap can be explained by boys being less engaged, and less engaged students show lower performance” (PISA 2009 Results: Learning to Learn, Vol III, 2009, p.13). more