Would the focus be more manageable if you worded the question like this? - Will reading comprehension improve through increased metacognition of the comprehension strategies of making connections, predicting, visualizing, inferring, summarizing, and synthesizing?
Kare On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Dana's Charter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I've just started working on my EDS in elementary education. I'm having a > hard time deciding how to word my question. > what i've got so far is > > Will reading comprehension improve by using higher-order thinking skill > such > as making connections, predicing, vizualizing, inferring, summarizing, and > synthesizing? > > the need in my classroom is to teach the high-order thinking skills because > the students have had no exposure to them during kindergarten or first > grades. I've run the questions by some of my collegues and they seem to > think i should just focus on one of the straegies. I don't see how i can do > this when the research will last a year. Does anyone have any input? This > is > my first action research and I don't know anyone that has done this before > so I'm really seeking some advice. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
