Questioning the Author: An Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement with Text
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Book Overview
This guide provides an interactive teaching strategy that helps students comprehend what they are reading, helping them question the ideas presented in the text. Transcripts of actual class... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0872072428
ISBN13:9780872072428
Release Date:May 1997
Publisher:International Reading Association
Length:122 Pages
Weight:0.04 lbs.
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Excellent idea for teaching comprehension
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
How does one teach comprehension? With the current obsession on phonics and code emphasis, I find QtA a refreshing read. Tried, tested and proven in classrooms, QtA is based on the idea that reading is about constructing meaning, more so than just breaking the code. To use this approach, the teacher has to really read the text well first, grasp its main ideas as intended by the author, and plan to guide the students to arrive at those ideas. She also has to anticipate the difficulties encountered by her students as they read the text, and consider the fallibility of the author in fleshing out his ideas. These elements make QtA a teaching approach different from the traditional ways of teaching comprehension. One can even combine it with other strategies, such as KWL.
Dr. Beck's book should be read by all teachers.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
QtA helps young readers become thinking readers. By posing queries before, during and after reading, the teacher guides her students to become independent, thoughtful readers who can make sense out of oftentimes poorly-written or hard-to-understand texts. This strategy appears applicable to all age-levels. The book is written in an easy to understand style and includes sample lessons.Questioning the Author is a MUST READ for all teachers and should be included in teacher preparation curriculums.
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