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Reading Comprehension Improvement Steps
Reading Comprehension Improvement Steps
By Bernadette Harris
EDG6625
University of North Florida
College of Education & Human
School History &
Demographics
Founded in 1921 for the African American
population of downtown Jacksonville
189 students, 99.5% African American
Title I school
Curriculum Purchases:
$8000
Help students create
mental pictures
Increases Critical thinking
Engages multiple learning styles
Cooperative Learning
üEncourages positive “interdependence”
üPromotes interaction
üIncreases individual AND group
accountability
üEnhances interpersonal skills and group
processing
Generating & testing
Hypotheses
It’s not just for science anymore!
Cues, Questions & Advance
Organizers
Engages students in higher level thinking
processes
Higher level questions produce deeper
learning
Utilizes questions that illicit inferences
Encourages analytic thinking
Cost for Workshop: Materials $30 per attendee
Cost for Workshop Presenter: ??
References:
Marzano, R. J., Pickering, D. J., & Pollock, J. E.
(2001). Classroom instruction that works.
Virginia: ASCD.
Read XL. Retrieved November 21, 2009 from
http://
teacher.scholastic.com/products/readxl.