There are four main kinds of status that seem to play a strong role in classroom encounters. Group work seems especially affected by the roles that various children seem to fill.
Expert status: This refers to the ability of children to make fine distinctions among individuals to determine who is the “expert” in the chosen field. [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Great readers ask themselves questions continuously to monitor and assess their reading. Some of these questions are:
Is this making sense?
What is the purpose of my reading? What is the purpose of the text?
How can I revise or repair my comprehension? What difficulties am I having?
What stance towards this text am I taking: as character, as [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2008 No Comments »
Recently, I read an excerpt of a case study from a fourth grade math classroom. The researcher, Olivia, was working with the class to figure out a way to represent the number of people in the students’ families. During this activity, a number of sophisticated questions and concerns arose, demonstrating a high level of cognition [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 11th, 2008 No Comments »
How can teachers facilitate….
QUESTIONING
Read a story aloud and give students an index card to jot down questions. Have students share ideas and compare questions
Question Web
Color-coded index card
SCHEMA
Pick a topic and have students think of three things that come to mind
Read Chrysanthemum and talk about Text-Self connections
Stress that everyone has their own strengths
MONITORING
Have teacher show how [...]
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