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Reading Strategy Instruction − International Theories, Trends, Programmes and Methods

Author(s): Ladislava Whitcroft
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: reading strategies; gradual release of responsibility; scaffolding; modelling; CORI; Reciprocal Teaching

Summary/Abstract: This theoretical study deals with the instruction of reading strategies, which are defined as deliberate and targeted procedures that enhance readers’ ability to comprehend various type of text. The study aims to analyse theories and research studies that reading strategy instruction in schools builds on. In the first part, the gradual release of responsibility is described together with the principle of instructional scaffolding and trends in the development of reading strategy instruction. The second part focuses on the detailed analysis of successful international programmes that integrate reading strategy instruction: CORI and Reciprocal Teaching. Their analyses reveals that they use the gradual release of responsibility model in reading strategies instruction. The study also points to the trend of creating meaning of text during rich discussions connected with the work on an authentic task.

  • Issue Year: 9/2015
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 39-51
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech
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