I am particularly interested in Dr. Leu's finding that "...the kids who tested poorly in traditional reading actually scored the highest for online reading." Did he give you any sources/citations for this?
Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. Dave Middlebrook The Textmapping Project A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! USA: (609) 771-1781 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mosaic" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 6:31 AM Subject: [MOSAIC] Online Reading Comprehension > Yesterday I attended a lecture by Donald Leu, "How Reading Comprehension > Has Changed While We Weren't Looking." > > I learned that online reading has some novel literacy skills; however, > many connected back to Ellin's work. Questioning is very important. > Students must be able to identify important questions because in order to > do a search or analyze the results they have to know what question they > are trying to answer. They must citically evaluate the usefullness of the > information, or determine importance. They must synthesize the information > in order to answer their questions. Finally, they must communicate what > they learn to others. Dr. Leu asserts that your create your own text with > each click. > > The biggest problem he sees is that there is no correlation between state > reading tests and online reading. Evidently the US is way behind the rest > of the world in this respect. He showed us data that indicates that being > able to read online well is not correlated to high/low reading abilities, > and that the kids who tested poorly in traditional reading actually scored > the highest for online reading. He believes teaching online reading skills > to the less able readers is the way to go (rather than allowing students > who finish first to go online, he suggests starting the lowest readers > online, and allowing them to teach and scaffold their peers.) > > I join faculty, staff, and graduate students at NC State today for a > lunch discussion about the "New Literacies" today. I hope to learn more, > and make more connections. This is fascinating. > > Has anyone else had any experience with this? Do you see the things he > describes? > > > Joy/NC/4 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > How children learn is as important as what they learn: process and > content go hand in hand. http://www.responsiveclassroom.org > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
