Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

2005

University of Dayton

Articles 1 - 1 of 1

Full-Text Articles in Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching

Coaching For Metacognitive Instructional Practice, Kathryn Kinnucan-Welsch Jan 2005

Coaching For Metacognitive Instructional Practice, Kathryn Kinnucan-Welsch

Teacher Education Faculty Publications

One way to identify students who are becoming accomplished readers and writers is to observe the degree to which the examples of coaching presented in this chapter are taken from my research as a participant in a statewide literacy professional development initiative: the Literacy Specialist Project (Kinnucan-Welsch, 2003a, 2003b; Rosemary, Grogan, et al., 2002).

The central aim of the Literacy Specialist Project, launched in 2000 by the Ohio Department of Education, is to provide professional development to educators in the state of Ohio that supports enhanced understanding in the teaching of reading and writing. The professional development incorporates foundational knowledge …