A Current Look at Comprehension Strategy Instruction: Implications for Practice

A Current Look at Comprehension Strategy Instruction: Implications for Practice - "We found that the use of reciprocal teaching three to four times a weeks significantly improved the comprehension ability of average and struggling readers on both norm-referenced tests and on end-of-unit comprehension tests. As rewarding as this work was for me as a teacher, there are two major questions that have resurfaced as a result of a current review of the research and further reflection upon my work in schools.

1. How do we help teachers and students reach the ultimate goal of reciprocal  teaching: engagement in authentic conversations about big ideas in narrative and expository text?

2. How can we help teachers and children ask better questions about these texts?"