There is no research as of yet. My hope is that this will change. A few
years back I had some university interest, as well as some teachers who were
doing action research, but the university interest died due to a lack of
funding and in one case, due to a graduate student strike that hit just as a
study began; and while several of the teachers who were doing the action
research did complete their studies, none of them ever took the next step
and published their findings, largely for personal reasons: babies were
born, parents needed to be taken care of, spouses lot their job, life
intervened.
I am now writing a book. Between that and the website, I am hoping that
researchers will take an interest -- and that those who fund them will
choose to support research in this area. In the mean time, the experience
of teachers such as you seems to keep confirming that scrolls and
textmapping are very useful; but to be fair, I only hear from those who like
these methods! I share your interest in seeing researchers step up and
really test the ideas that I have proposed. This is more likely to happen
if teachers like you push the envelop a bit -- although I realize that you
can only push the envelop so far, and that in the final analysis, you need
to be able to point to research to support your classroom practices.
With that as background, know that really I appreciate your interest and
support. Someday we'll see a study in RRQ or some other peer-reviewed
journal. In the mean time, there's always that envelop...
- Dave
Dave Middlebrook
The Textmapping Project
A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Pam Owens" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:12 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] textmapping
David,
We have used textmapping and believe it is a great strategy for struggling
readers. Do you have any specific research for textmapping that we could
site that would support their use for struggling readers? Or any studies
that are being done now that would support their use?
Pam
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