Hmmm. And I've barely started reading To Understand. I wonder if my mind is about to go on a new journey yet again!! :-) Bev
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:10:52 -0500> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Comprehension Strategy vs. > Skill> > > Diana> Here is a quote from the authors--> "Children in elementary > school, especially when instruction focuses on > constructing meaning, learn > to find main ideas, to skim and to reread first as > deliberate actions and, > with practice, , later accomplish the same actions with > less effort and > awareness. In this view of learning, reading strategies often > become fluent > reading skills. Skills and strategies may serve the same goals > and may > result in the same behavior. For example, a student may decode words, > read > a text fluently or find a main idea by using skills OR strategies or > both. > " > > I teach a graduate reading course as well...until this moment, I had > always > thought of graphic organizers as a strategy for the teacher, not as > a > strategy for a student (unless the graphic organizer is created by the > student...). > Graphic organizers provide a visual representation of a text > structure, or a > thinking process but are not the actual thinking process or > text > structure...if that makes sense. > > Under this new idea of strategies > being a deliberately chosen vehicle to > decode or comprehend, perhaps I need > to revise my definition...> Jennifer> > -In a message dated 2/14/2008 8:26:42 > P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:> > Hi Jennifer,> > Do > the authors give any examples that would help us to understand this > > difference? I am currently teaching an on-line graduate level reading course. > I > find that my participants use the terms strategy and skill > interchangeably. > They also refer to things like graphic organizers as > strategies. > > Diana> > > > > > > > **************The year's hottest artists > on the red carpet at the Grammy > Awards. Go to AOL Music. > > (http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)> > _______________________________________________> Mosaic mailing list> > [email protected]> 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. > _________________________________________________________________ Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] 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.
