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RECIPROCAL TEACHING
Inquiry Inservice Day 4
PURPOSE OF RECIPROCAL TEACHING Reciprocal Teaching is a guided
reading comprehension strategy used in student directed groups of four.
The strategy fosters the development of comprehension skills that proficient readers do automatically.
RESEARCH ON RECIPROCAL TEACHING
The guided reading comprehension strategy has been found to be motivating.
In a review of 16 studies, reciprocal teaching had a positive impact on reading comprehension (Frey & Fisher, 2007).
WHAT STRATEGIES ARE TAUGHT AND USED IN RECIPROCAL TEACHING?
Students are taught to use four kinds of comprehension strategies to understand text.
Predicting
Questioning
ClarifyingSummari
zing
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? Students are organized into groups of
four.
The text is segmented into smaller chunks so students can monitor their understanding throughout the reading.
At each stopping point, students use the four comprehension strategies to make meaning.
PREDICTING The predictor predicts
with evidence. Other students agree or
disagree. Students are taught to:
Make connections to background knowledge and experience
Use headings, pictures and other text features.
Skim and scan text.
My prediction is…
My evidence …
QUESTIONER
The questioner poses questions for the group to discuss.
Students are taught to ask literal and inferential questions.
Where is…?Why is that happening?
CLARIFYING The clarifier asks for
or gives clarification (concepts, ideas, words).
The clarifier leads a discussion of how a confusing point might be cleared up Use a dictionaryCheck a glossaryAsk the teacher
I need to have ____ clarified.
Do you need anything clarified?
SUMMARISER
The summariser summarises the main ideas of the section read.
The others can add to the summary.
I think the most important ideas are…
My summary is…
INTRODUCING RECIPROCAL TEACHING The reading strategies must be taught
first using the Optimal Learning Model before using them in collaborative groups.
RESOURCES
Frey, N. & Fisher, D. (2007). Reading for information in elementary school: Content literacy strategies to build comprehension. Columbus, Ohio: Pearson Education, Inc.
http://www.nbss.ie/sites/default/files/publications/reiciprocal_teaching_strategy_handout__copy_2_0.pdf