Competency 2Component # 1-013-311

Center for Professional LearningSession 10

Instructor: Carmen S. Concepcionreadingsetgo.blogspot.com

Application of Research-Based Instructional Practices

Fall 2010

Reading … Set … Go!

Concept MapShare Investigative Activity

ComprehensionKnowledge Survey

Explicit InstructionSteps

Direct ExplanationModelingGuided PracticeApplication

Explicit InstructionFeatures

RelevanceDefinitionGuided PracticeSelf-regulationGradual Release of ResponsibilityApplication

Strategic Teaching and Learning

“Strategic reading refers to thinking about reading in ways that enhance learning and understanding. Researchers who explicitly taught students strategies for determining important ideas, drawing inferences, and asking questions found that teaching these thinking/reading strategies improved students’ overall comprehension of text.”

S. Harvey & A. Goudvis, 2000

Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding. p. 16

Role of the TeacherTeach a few strategiesTeach them in depthTeach them over timeTeach using a variety of textUse effective prompting and questioningMonitor student understandingTeach for independenceSet up conditions for learning

Role of the StudentWhat does a good reader do?

Activates prior knowledgeQuestionsMakes inferencesMonitorsUses fix-up strategiesDeterminesSynthesizes

Strategies Used by Proficient Readers

“Reading has come to be characterized as a range of flexible, adaptable strategies rather than a scope and sequence of skills… The term strategies refers to conscious and flexible plans that readers apply and adapt to particular tasks and texts.”

B. Hinson, 2000

New Directions in Reading Instruction, p. 10

Comprehension Monitoring Questioning Visualizing Making Connections Inferring and Predicting Determining Importance Summarizing

The National Reading Panel suggests that “when readers are given cognitive strategy instruction, they make significant gains on measures of reading comprehension over students trained with conventional instruction procedures…”

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 2000

Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching children to read: Reports of the subgroups, p. 4-40

Lesson Ideas for Teaching Comprehension MonitoringHighlighting Confusing Text

Highlight with one color the parts that you understand well enough to help another student understand it

Highlight with a different color the parts that are confusing

Lesson Ideas for Teaching Comprehension MonitoringClink or Clunk

Clink Clunk

Concepts or information you understand well enough to explain to classmates

Record information they want explained to them

National Reading Panel of Scientific Studies on

Comprehension Instruction

Sunshine State Standards Align old standards to Next Generation

Sunshine State StandardsCPALMS

Investigative ActivityWebsite Assignment:

Work with a partner to find a website that can help enhance comprehension instruction Think Aloud Reciprocal Teaching Teacher Read Aloud SQ3R DR-TA Literature Circles

Provide website address How does this website enhance student learning?How can this website be utilized best in the

classroom?Model activity

Follow Up AssignmentSelect one strategy to implement with your

students.Bring sample student work to next session.Reflection to blog:

Name of strategyConnection to comprehensionComents, questions, insights