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Oczkus, Lori D. – ASCD, 2018
In this fully revised and expanded third edition of the bestselling "Reciprocal Teaching at Work," Lori D. Oczkus provides both tried-and-true and fresh solutions for teaching reading comprehension. Reciprocal teaching is a scaffolded discussion technique that builds on the Fab Four strategies that good readers use to understand text:…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Student Participation, Reciprocal Teaching
Tate, Marcia L. – Corwin, 2012
Best-selling author Marcia L. Tate brings her trademark "dendrite-growing" teaching strategies to this practitioner-friendly collection of brain-compatible methods for engaging K-12 students in social studies. Included are 20 proven strategies and more than 200 grade-leveled activities for applying them. Teachers will find concrete ways to…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Learner Engagement, Problem Based Learning, Active Learning
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Hager, Ann – Michigan Reading Journal, 2003
Shares with fellow teachers the author's professional journey with reciprocal teaching. Describes the technique, highlights students' pre- and post-reciprocal teaching perspectives on themselves and their reading, shares her daily journal entries, and offers conclusions. Hopes that others will be motivated to try this technique as it holds much…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Reading Difficulties, Reciprocal Teaching, Secondary Education
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Hashey, Jane M.; Connors, Diane J. – Reading Teacher, 2003
Presents an action research project that investigated reciprocal teaching's effect on reading comprehension in the content areas. Considers reciprocal teaching's benefits for students, instructional strategies, its effect on literature circles, and its use in content areas. (SG)
Descriptors: Action Research, Content Area Reading, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education
Oczkus, Lori D. – 2003
Reciprocal teaching is a scaffolded technique based on teacher modeling, student participation, and four strategies that good readers use to comprehend text: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. Although reciprocal teaching originally was designed for use with struggling readers, this book offers innovative lessons aimed at…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Lesson Plans
Millis, Barbara J.; Cottell, Philip G., Jr. – 1997
This book offers an overview of the cooperative learning process, including its rationale, research base, value, and practical considerations, with an emphasis on two key characteristics: cooperative learning's ability to create communities within classrooms, and well-structured, sequenced assignments which allow students to internalize…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Students
Tate, Marcia L. – 2003
This handbook targets teachers as "growers of brain cells," encouraging them to make practical applications of findings from learning style theorists and neuroscientists. It suggests that tactile learners, spatial thinkers, and logical minds alike will become eager students as the strategies are implemented. The handbook offers 20…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Apprenticeships, Art Activities, Brain