Reading Comprehension & Higher Order Thinking.
Reading Comprehension & Higher Order Thinking.
Description: Inquiry research (IR) – often also called ‘Teacher Research’ or ‘Classroom Research’ – emerges from a teacher’s immediate concerns and problems in his or her classroom. Inquiry research in literacy education is aimed at advancing knowledge and understanding of various research methodologies and issues that impact the instruction and learning of reading in the K–12 setting. The pre-service teacher will identify pre-tests utilizing a variety of traditional and authentic literacy formative and summative assessments to monitor students’ literacy progress, achievement, and learning gains. The assessment data will be identified and described on how to monitor students’ progress and guide instruction over time to ensure an increase in student learning. The pre-service teacher will plan a minimum of three (3) remediation activities based on reading component skills. Planned activities must require students to demonstrate a variety of applicable skills/competencies and respond to students’ preconceptions/misconceptions. Upon completion of the remediation activities, students will identify which assessments would be used as post-test data. The purpose of Literacy Inquiry is to:
Answer questions about literacy instruction/learning arising in the classroom:
• Gather data in the instruction-learning context pertaining to the literacy question(s) raised
• Interpret data in the context of the literacy instruction-learning situation
• Provide oneself (and others) with better insights into literacy instruction/learning (Publish/disseminate findings)
• Open a teacher’s mind to new ways of looking at his/her literacy classes systematically
• Involve the literacy learners (e.g. ask permission to collect data and the teacher reports back)
• Increase knowledge about the literacy curriculum, the classes, and about the literacy instruction and learning
Description: A Project Team will collaborate on a literacy inquiry project. Work together to identify a reading question of relevance and interest to each team member, relating to the needs of the struggling readers in K12 MDCPS classrooms. Weekly team meetings will include sharing, analyzing, and providing critical feedback to each team member’s research.
Literacy Inquiry Project (Final Paper) – The group must submit a comprehensive paper with the following:
APA formatted title page
Abstract
Introduction/Background of Study (Part I)
Research Question/Rationale Statement (Part II)
Literature Review (Part III)
Methodology (Part IV)
Interventions
Data Collection
Significance of the Study/Implications for the Future (Part V)
Conclusion (Part VI)
Individual reflections (Part VII)
References in APA format
Reading Comprehension & Higher Order Thinking.
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