Reading Apprencticeship
When secondary and college students don't read with understanding, or avoid reading academic texts altogether, what can help?
Reading Apprenticeship draws on teachers' untapped expertise as discipline–based readers and on students' untapped strengths as learners.
The result is a research–based, research–tested partnership that benefits students and teachers alike.
Randomized controlled studies have shown that with Reading Apprenticeship,
Reading Apprenticeship draws on teachers' untapped expertise as discipline–based readers and on students' untapped strengths as learners.
The result is a research–based, research–tested partnership that benefits students and teachers alike.
Randomized controlled studies have shown that with Reading Apprenticeship,
- Teachers increase the effectiveness of their disciplinary teaching.
- Students build both reading and subject area competence.
- Students gain the dispositions to engage, problem solve, and persevere when faced with challenging academic texts.
East Jackson Secondary READING Apprenticeship Video
Talk to the the TextTalking to the Text (TttT) is similar to doing a Think Aloud except that Talking to the Text is initially done on an individual basis with students reading the text on their own privately. As they read, students write their comments on the text. Some of the same questions and prompts used in Think Alouds can be used with Talking to the Text.
After a student does a private Talking to the Text exercise, then they share their experience with others in a Pair and Share or small group. |
Two Column JournalUsing metacognitive Reading Logs is one one to help students make their own thinking visible. Double-entry logs or journals (also known as dialectical notebooks) can promote critical thinking by keeping track of students' thinking as they read. Reading logs may be double or triple-entry logs and may be specific in function such as the Evidence/Interprentation double-entry logs.
Students take notes as they move through a reading. Besides taking notes on what the author is saying, the students can also take notes on what they think about the reading, including any questions they may have. Using columns, this organized note-taking separates the author's thoughts from the student's thoughts. With repeated use of Reading Logs, students become aware of their own thinking process and begin to hone their reading skills. It also becomes a valuable tool for instructors to track a student's progress or check a student's undertanding of specific topics |
Graphic OrganizersThinking can be expressed in many ways - including visually using graphic representations of information. Graphic organizers can help students organize their thinking and can help instructors "see" what their students are thining and understanding - or not understanding.
Graphic organizers can help in brainstorming, collecting or organizing data, increasing understanding, reinforcing comprehension, analyzing and interpreting information and planning projects. Graphic organizers can be used to show sequences and time lines, compare and contrast, character/story organization, cause and effect, concepts and processes, hierachical relationships and more. |