best practices: comparing reading check methods
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Best Practices: Comparing Reading Check Methods. TE804 Inquiry Project. My Classroom. I am placed in Holt Senior High School I teach ELA11 I have 24 students, and about 5 struggling readers I taught Honors ELA11 during our Maus unit & will refer to them in this inquiry. Context. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Best Practices: Comparing Reading
Check MethodsTE804 Inquiry Project
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My Classroom
I am placed in Holt Senior High School I teach ELA11 I have 24 students, and about 5 struggling readers I taught Honors ELA11 during our Maus unit & will refer to them in this inquiry
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Context We use reading checks in our classroom in the form of quizzes and question packets I have used a question packet and a reading log to check reading
Reading logs were modeled after our PCW Activity logs for ENG408Also used Burke’s activity suggestions
There were two versions for the reading logs: V1: Structured V2: Multimodal
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My Inquiry FocusI wanted to check which reading check would:
Produce higher completion rates Lead to higher-order thinking Facilitate Discussions Be preferable to my students
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How It Was DoneDuring our Of Mice & Men unit I gave students a question packet
They submitted their answer on a separate piece of paper for each chapter they read
During our Maus I unit I gave students V.1 of our reading logs
They submitted a log for each chapter they read
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How It Was Done
Our Honors class used V.1 & V.2 of our reading logs
They also submitted a log for each chapter they read
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Completion Rates
Completion rates are higher for reading logs (62.5%)
Submission rates may be tied to text or workload
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Higher-Order Thinking Logs produced many instances of higher-order thinking Question packets did not Possibly due to the type of questions:
Open vs. closed My Interpretation vs. Text based Student-led vs. Teacher-led
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Facilitates Discussions? Both facilitate discussion by providing a frameworkLogs provided a flexible, student-led formathowever…
More students preferred using question packets, because:
Easier and familiar Focuses on important events
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Facilitates Discussions? Still, some students preferred logs, because:
Helps form an opinion Freedom to share own thoughts Allowed them to discuss feelings not just facts
Most Honors students cited freedom as the reason behind the log being helpful
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Student Preferences Students liked the question packet because:
They were easy to answer (skim for answers) Prepared them to take a test on the text
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Student Preferences Students liked the reading logs because:
No wrong answer Easy to fill as you read Allowed them to share what they felt
Honors students preferred it overwhelmingly
Discuss what they wanted!
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Recommendations Either format:
Supports comprehension Can be used to prepare students for discussions Ensure students actually complete reading
My results show: Most students prefer reading logs Complete them more often They support a more dialogic and free-form student-led discussions
Don’t discount reading packets!
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My Recommendation: Thinking About Your Class
Use a reading log if you: Want a more reflective approach to reading Have enough time to grade potentially longer writing Have stronger readers who have time to complete a daily task
Other Considerations: Single sentence answers may occur! If you intend to quiz students about specific events, make sure to include in activities
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My Recommendation: Thinking About Your Class
Use a question packet if you: Have many preps If your students value and need structure To point to specific events in the novel Guide struggling readers*
To improve question packets, consider: Including higher order thinking questions Submission frequency
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Final Thoughts…
My question packet was problematic: It didn’t include enough higher-order thinking questions Submitted too often?
Our discussion progressively became more dialogic Logs facilitated that!
Motivation could have been increased by using logs: They were free to choose a response Were always “right” Focused on their understanding of events
Highly recommend using with Honor students!
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Currently…As we are reading The Catcher In The Ryewe are using an online discussion forum as our reading log
Completion rates are in the 95% We are using CollaborizeClassroom.com Our discussions are based solely on their forum responses
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