Archive for February 16th, 2006
Draw a Scientist
This summer in the science workshop I attended one of the exercises we did was to draw a scientist. Sometimes these types of exercises turn out surprisingly interesting and I take them with me to my classroom to use. This one, though, didn’t do much for me. I suppose the reason it didn’t is that [...]
The Problem in Vocabulary Instruction
Common sense tells us that reading vocabulary and comprehension are linked. Using word definitions, though, doesn’t work as an instructional approach for improving reading comprehension. Effective vocabulary instruction should include metacognitive reading strategies such as determining the significance of particular words to the overall meaning of the text, assessing prior knowledge about a word and [...]
