Your welcome, Elisa. You most likely can get it from a local university (wherever you do research). Just put the title in the search bar. Your university can probably get a copy sent to you to borrow for a few weeks. Or just call and talk to the research assistant. They have archives to access titles of dissertations, one data bank being, UMI Dissertation Services. They have a website too www.il.proquest.com<http://www.il.proquest.com/>. My UMI number is 3140432. I know they will send you a copy but I think it would cost you.
I observed 3 teachers in two states and three districts. I coded every instructional action they used when they did guided reading - it was amazing when the bar graphs were all done because you could literally lay one overhead (with bar graph on them) on top of one another and they would have very similar in their teaching (or guiding) behaviors. The bar graphs for each teacher (four lessons each) were in consensus. The areas of behaviors were feedback (six kinds), modeling, prompting, questioning, and procedural information. There is a summary of the research on small group approaches and what is clear is that success with ANY small group approach has to do with the teacher's small group dynamics. I only looked at the guiding behaviors or instructional actions they used. Are you a coach? You contribute quite a lot and meaningfully. Do you do staff development as well as teach? JB ----- Original Message ----- From: Waingort Jimenez, Elisa<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:52 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] guided reading training Hi Janine, I agree with much of what you said here. Thanks for sharing it. This may have already been asked but I was wondering how to access your dissertation. It sounds like one I would benefit from reading. Thank you, Elisa Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada Dissertation: Instructional Actions of Exemplary Grades 2 and 5 Teachers Who Mediate Strategic Reading Behavior in Guided Reading with Low-Achieving Students, 2004 Dr. Janine Batzle _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org<http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org>. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive<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.
