Dana, I have an opinion about "brief through modeling." One of the most
brilliant paradigms of learning I know is one commonly used by NAEYC, which
says all learning proceeds through stages of "use," pretty much irrelevant of
age, topic, experience, or whatever. The first stage of learning in that model
is called "awareness," and that's where I think the "brief, through modeling"
comes in. Often, if a learner is really hooked through becoming aware, they
begin to explore and utilize on their own, so to speak. So, in my mind, brief
through modeling is a perfect place to begin any strategy (or other)
instruction because that's where learning begins and matures to what we hope to
see as ideal use of strategic reading for comprehension. After awareness,
there appears to me to be a stage, sometimes brief sometimes not, where the
learning "incubates" and a child begins the quest "to understand." So, even
though "mentioning" may be often necessary, in my opinion, it's isn't ever
sufficient. But it's a beginning. Sometimes new learning, especially
inference and synthesis, just has to "sit and rest" awhile. Interesting. Too
bad Sharon can't post and flesh out her reasoning. Bev
> > She said > instruction in those strategies should be brief through modeling
> > and > not > something we need to do over and over again. > > I'm curious
> > about the context of the above notes taken from the speaker at the reading
> > conference in Michigan. It has been my experience that the more I model and
> > return to the strategies, the more my students and I become adept at using
> > them as the tools they are intended to be. I'm unsure as to what would the
> > benefit of only brief modeling and few exposures? My only guess would be to
> > make room for "other stuff" in the teaching of reading? I think this
> > decision returns to Ellin's central question of: what are we really wanting
> > our students to achieve when we teach for understanding.> > Dana Williams>
> > 5th grade> Midlothian, IL> _______________________________________________>
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