The second multi-year research study provides evidence validating the effectiveness of the Science
IDEAS Reading Comprehension Strategy.
This section is under construction, but, when completed, will show video demonstrations of how the Science
IDEAS Reading Comprehension Strategy is taught in Science IDEAS.
Not exact matches
While many people blame standardized testing for narrowing the elementary school curriculum to
reading and math, the real culprit is «a longstanding pedagogical notion that the best way to teach kids
reading comprehension is by giving them skills —
strategies like «finding the main
idea — rather than instilling knowledge about things like the Civil War or human biology.»
It's a longstanding pedagogical notion that the best way to teach kids
reading comprehension is by giving them skills —
strategies like «finding the main
idea» — rather than instilling knowledge about things like the Civil War or human biology.
http://ldx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/30/1/80 HOW WE LEARN - ASK THE COGNITIVE SCIENTIST The Usefulness of Brief Instruction in
Reading Comprehension Strategies Author: Daniel T. Willingham American Educator (American Federation of Teachers), Winter 2006 - 07 Results from 481 studies on 16 different categories of strategies conclude that; «Teaching children strategies is definitely a good id
Strategies Author: Daniel T. Willingham American Educator (American Federation of Teachers), Winter 2006 - 07 Results from 481 studies on 16 different categories of
strategies conclude that; «Teaching children strategies is definitely a good id
strategies conclude that; «Teaching children
strategies is definitely a good id
strategies is definitely a good
idea.»
Effect of multi-part
reading comprehension strategy was significant, but only in the content - oriented environment (Science
IDEAS), not in traditional
reading / language arts (narrative) environment (i.e., significant interaction)
Provides hundreds of
ideas,
strategies, tips and resources for teaching everything from grammar and spelling to word decoding and
reading comprehension.
In this workshop teachers will explore how to hold purposeful conversations that engage students in sharing
ideas and how to implement effective
comprehension strategies recommended in Jan Richardson's book The Next Step Forward in Guided
Reading.
Although fidelity of implementation monitoring has shown Science
IDEAS classrooms to be affectively positive, this advanced component student motivation
strategy is designed to make the linkage between conceptual learning in science (or increasing proficiency in
reading comprehension) and student recognition of achievement progress more explicit on a continuing basis.
Elementary schools — in the United States and, it appears, in Britain — then compound the problem by focusing on
reading comprehension strategies, like «making inferences» and «finding the main
idea,» rather than on building knowledge in subjects like history or science.
For decades, most elementary schools have taught
reading as a skill: children have practiced
reading comprehension strategies like «finding the main
idea» or «making inferences» on simple stories.