I Googled Phyllis Hostmeyer, and the website is www.PhylsQuill.com (two L's).
Melissa/VA/2nd On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:28 PM, W.Robertson <w...@shaw.ca> wrote: > I wasn't able to get the link to work. Is the correct? > Wendy > > -----Original Message----- > From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org > [mailto:mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of Christi Poteet > Sent: February-19-09 7:20 PM > To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group; > mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Building comprehension of questions-was > heartbreak/response to Reading Mastery > > QAR would be awesome!! Phyllis Hostmeyer has a great website for QAR and > many other comprehension strategies. Her website is www.PhylsQuil.com > > > > Christi A. Poteet > Reading Specialist > Delores Moye School > cpot...@ofallon90.net > > ________________________________ > > From: mosaic-boun...@literacyworkshop.org on behalf of cnjpal...@aol.com > Sent: Thu 2/19/2009 8:23 PM > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: [MOSAIC] Building comprehension of questions-was > heartbreak/response to Reading Mastery > > > > > > I am just finishing up the second of two courses in my doctorate on > "disciplined inquiry". One of the things I have learned is how to evaluate > research > articles. I thank you, Amy, for posting the research links...and I look > forward to reading through your links when I get a few minutes. It will be > good > practice for me as I work on my literature review for my dissertation. > > There are many kinds of research in education...and yes...some research is > done to create programs. Marie Clay, Fountas and Pinnell and many others > have > done research and then created programs or theories from their research. > Marie Clay was my hero but even her work needed to be validated by many > others > over time. The fact that someone makes a profit on their research makes > this > validation process essential. > I am particularly interested in looking at the studies you mention to see > if > there is an improvement in comprehension scores...AND if improvement in > reading skills holds over time. If there is no independent validation > studies, > then I am afraid the jury is still out for me. > > Now...Let's talk comprehension...the purpose of our listserv. I have a > question for all the wonderful minds on this list. > > I just picked up a new little girl on my caseload today. When reading with > her a couple of things became obvious to me. One: She isn't thinking about > reading. (We all know what to do about that---time to pull out Strategies > That > Work...Reading With Meaning etc etc.) BUT another problem I detected is > that > she doesn't seem to understand the questions posed to her by me or the > other > children...particularly questions that start with why and how. It really > affects how she interacts with other children when they are discussing > text. > > I want to teach her how to comprehend questions and was thinking about > applying comprehension strategies to the genre of questions. > > Can you all help me think this through? > Jennifer > > > > > > In a message dated 2/19/2009 7:49:53 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > mcgovern_amy64042...@hotmail.com writes: > > Hi Elisa, > I appreciate your question. There is a helpful report from the Wisconsin > Policy Research Institute that is worth looking at if you would like > several > specific examples regarding the research supporting Direct Instruction. > In > addition to listing some independently reviewed research, it also > summarizes the > highlights of Project Follow Through. If you are not familiar with this > study, Follow Through is often described as the single most expensive > education > experiment in history. The experiment lasted from 1967 to 1976 and > on-going > data was collected all the way through 1995 on literally thousands of > students. Please see Bonnie Grossen's Overview: The Story Behind Project > Follow > Through. You can find Grossen's article on-line if you google it. I > would > encourage anyone who is being asked to teach Direct Instruction, willingly > or > not, to take a look at this info. > > The Wisconsin Policy Research Institute also can be found by googling it. > Once there, Go to the index and click on "education k-12". That will take > you > to the list of articles. Look for Direct Instruction and the Teaching of > Early Reading. Wisconsin's Teacher-led Insurgency (March 2001, Volume > 14, > number 2.) It's near the bottom of the page. There are other more > current > > articles on Direct Instruction, but I am fond of this one because it begins > with a really good description of Direct Instruction. Samples from the > research > are sited on pages 6-10. There's a list of references on page 25. > > Something to think about... > A common criticism of the research supporting Direct Instruction and > Reading > Mastery is that this research comes from the author, meaning Zig > Englemann. > Indeed there is plenty of research out there that was not conducted by > Englemann at all. > > But let's stick with the critique used on Direct Instruction: that if the > research comes from the author or creator, it is somehow not valid. > > > In an attempt to draw some comparisons between authors/creators and their > research, please respectfully consider this: > Marie Clay ...Teacher/ Researcher....she spear headed the research that > eventually became Reading Recovery. > Fountas and Pinnell are considered the creators of Guided Reading.... They > did 9 years of research. This is according to their book: Guided > Reading: > > Good First Teaching for All Children. > Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goodvis wrote Strategies that Work. They are > listed in the back of their book as researchers. > > I think we may be able to agree on two things: > First, that all the teacher/researchers listed above have only the best of > intentions: which is to help children learn to read and to support > teachers > in their quest to make this happen. > > Second, (and this is a bit more harsh, but true non-the-less) that > someone > profits financially from selling their well researched books and > workshops. > > Food for thought. > > > > I hope this information helps. > > > > Amy > > > > > > > **************You can't always choose whom you love, but you can choose how > to find them. 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