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