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2011

Teacher Education and Professional Development

Comprehension

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Developing Comprehension With New Literacies, Connie Mcdonald, Laura E. Jones Mar 2011

Developing Comprehension With New Literacies, Connie Mcdonald, Laura E. Jones

Connie McDonald

How can teachers help students develop comprehension strategies and skills in the era of new literacies? Traditional and online texts are similar in some aspects but very different in other ways. The focus of the presentation is on developing comprehension in elementary students by connecting traditional and online texts with new literacies.


Situating Strategies: An Examination Of Comprehension Strategy Instruction In One Upper Elementary Classroom Oriented Toward Culturally Relevant Teaching, Laura A. May Jan 2011

Situating Strategies: An Examination Of Comprehension Strategy Instruction In One Upper Elementary Classroom Oriented Toward Culturally Relevant Teaching, Laura A. May

Early Childhood and Elementary Education Faculty Publications

Drawing on ethnographic and discourse analytic methods, this article examines how comprehension strategies aligned with goals in a classroom oriented toward culturally relevant teaching. Findings indicate that (a) two distinct sets of comprehension were taught in the room and (b) one set aligned more easily with culturally relevant teaching than the other.