<<although discussing strategy vs. skill as pedagogy is interesting.... the question i have is.... if teachers use the terms loosely and don't seem to recognize differences between strategies and skills in their delivery of instruction... why then would it be more effective for students to have the behaviors named?....i would think that the behaviors themselves would be most important... not the terms.Did the article expound on that?>>
In rereading the article, here is another quote that may help us to understand: " We are convinced that the current lack of consistency in use of the terms reflects an underlying confusion about how skill and strategy are conceptualized. Such inconsistency can render our instruction ineffective, even confusing to our students and to us.... A cleaner conceptualization provides a common language with which to discuss and reflect on the considerable information that is available from the research, practice and theory related to skill and strategy. Second, it contributes to instructional clarity in which the teaching materials and procedures refer to a consistent set of understandings. Third, we can achieve a certain curricular economy if we regard skills and strategies as two sides of any given process or task. This perspective of commonality could limit the proliferation of standards to teach and measure " The article also talks about how while beginning readers are more often strategic...as they develop they become skilled. They point out though, that even the most skilled readers will run into texts that are too difficult and will revert to becoming strategic once more. They argue that because of this we must also assess strategy usage and not just end point comprehension. Without knowing what strategies readers use at point of difficulty, we cannot tell what we need to teach next to bring the strategy to the level of a skill. Interesting stuff and I am still trying to digest all of this---there is some "cognitive dissonance" with my existing schema!!! :- Jennifer **************The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
