In a message dated 2/12/2009 5:50:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:
Having said all this...I am going to ask if we can move back, from here, to
the focus of our list...comprehension strategies.
I think departmentalization is critical to comprehension strategies. How
do you know how well your students are comprehending in content areas if you
are not their teacher in those content areas? Some years ago I heard Richard
Allington speak on departmentalization research and among other detriments,
such has less ability to build classroom and school community, he emphasized
the research that shows the amount of off-task time the students have in
transitioning classes, even if the teacher is doing the moving. Someone
mentioned
it is only a "couple of minutes a day." Multiply those 10 minutes times 180
days and you are talking hours and hours of wasted time! He said in some
classrooms the transition was as much as 45 minutes of off task time with each
move! Maybe someone can locate the Allington research on the IRA website?
Nancy
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