Good comments, Nancy. I was not aware of the two teacher in the classroom requirement. Does any classroom have this for long?? It would make sense that the kids do better or respond better with two adults in the classroom than just one. And, I think doing DI in a classroom of children who have been exposed to teaching and learning that promotes questioning would be interesting. Has there been follow-up research done to the 40-year old study? Elisa
Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. —Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ Elisa, As you probably know, research with children is "messy." The outstanding mess I see with DI research is something I also observed in DI schools. In order to implement the DI program correctly, there must be two adults in the classroom. This is described in the Follow Through Research and was a huge eye opener for me. I think that is a major factor and something I am seeing with my own class this year with two teachers. What a difference I see between how my class behaves with two of us in the morning and one of us in the afternoon! I would like to see the DI research done with one teacher ( no aide) , or balanced literacy research done with two teachers or a teacher and a trained aide. Then come to me and show me the numbers. There are also some philosophy issues like compliance. How would DI work in a classroom of independent thinkers who were taught to question authority and allowed to move about the classroom? Just a couple of things that hit me in the head like a ton of bricks. Nancy **************Need a job? Find an employment agency near you. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000003) _______________________________________________ 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.
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