The document discusses applying emotional intelligence theory to language and literature teaching. It describes how traditional teaching ignores students' emotions and focuses only on subject content. The researcher designed new empathy-based activities to improve language acquisition and emotional intelligence skills like self-awareness, expression, and empathy. Questionnaires show these activities provide benefits by allowing a more student-centered approach that starts from their emotional responses to texts.
The document discusses the process and benefits of reading. It describes reading as a complex cognitive process involving decoding symbols to derive meaning through interaction between the text and reader. There are three main theories of reading comprehension: schema theory involving prior knowledge, mental model theory creating a story in one's head, and proposition theory constructing main ideas. The benefits of reading include mental stimulation, stress reduction, knowledge gain, vocabulary expansion, memory improvement, analytical thinking, focus, better writing skills, tranquility, and free entertainment. Overall, reading provides a variety of cognitive benefits and is an efficient way to learn.
Theories in reading instruction
TOP-DOWN READING MODEL
Emphasizes what the reader brings to the text
Says reading is driven by meaning
Proceeds from whole to part
Views from some researchers
1. Frank Smith – Reading is not decoding written language to spoken language
2. reading is a matter of bringing meaning to print
FEATURES OF TOP-DOWN APPROACH
Readers can comprehend a selection even though they do not recognize each word.
Readers should use meaning and grammatical cues to identify unrecognized words.
Reading for meaning is the primary objective of reading, rather than mastery of letters, letters/sound relationships and words.
FEATURES OF TOP-DOWN APPROACH
Reading requires the use of meaning activities than the mastery of series of word- recognition skills.
The primary focus of instruction should be the reading of sentences, paragraphs, and whole selections
The most important aspect about reading is the amount and kind of information gained through reading.
BOTTOM UP
Emphasizes a single direction
Emphasizes the written or printed texts
Part to whole model
Reading is driven by a process that results in meaning
PROPONENTS OF THE BOTTOM UP
Flesch 1955
Gough 1985
FEATURES OF BOTTOM-UP
Believes the reader needs to:
Identify letter features
Link these features to recognize letters
Combine letter to recognize spelling patterns
Link spelling patterns to recognize words
Proceed to sentence, paragraph, and text- level processing
INTERACTIVE READING MODEL
It recognizes the interaction of bottom-up and top-down processes simultaneously throughout the reading process.
Reading as an active process that depends on reader characteristics, the text, and the reading situation (Rumelhart, 1985)
Attempts to combine the valid insights of bottom-up and top-down models.
PROPONENTS OF THE INTERACTIVE READING MODEL
Rumelhart, D. 1985
Barr, Sadow, and Blachowicz 1990
Ruddell and Speaker 1985
This document discusses physiological and psychological factors related to reading readiness in children. It covers topics like phonemic awareness, visual discrimination, levels of comprehension, developing reading skills through activities like reading aloud and teaching letters, sight words, and phonics. Determining a child's reading level and addressing factors such as visual, auditory, and speech abilities as well as their interest, intelligence, readiness, and attitude are important aspects of developing reading skills. The goal is for children to go beyond just distinguishing sounds and letters to comprehending what they read.
The document discusses the reading process and theoretical models of reading. It describes reading as involving interaction between the reader and text, and drawing from both top-down and bottom-up processes. It also discusses factors that affect reading like physiological, intellectual, psychological, linguistic, and sociological factors. Finally, it frames reading as a developmental task that occurs in stages like reading readiness, beginning reading, rapid growth, and refinement.
This document discusses and compares four main approaches to teaching beginning readers:
1) The phonics approach teaches letter sounds and blending.
2) The look-and-say method has students recognize whole words through flashcards.
3) The language experience approach uses students' own drawings and words.
4) The context support method uses books with longer sentences on one page and shorter versions on the facing page. All four methods can be combined to engage students and support their reading development.
A summary of the Montessori approach to teaching literacy (both writing and reading, a literature review of key aspects of the Montessori approach and recommendations for implementing these principles.
This document discusses literacy development in children. It describes Donaldson's theory that children first try to make sense of situations, then use their knowledge to understand what is said to them. This transfer stage is crucial as it indicates significant learning. The document also outlines specific literacy experiences children engage in, such as self-reading, storytelling, and working on phonics and sight words, which immerse them in literacy. It provides examples of input, process, transfer, and output stages of literacy development. Differentiated instruction techniques are suggested, such as using dramatic play to encourage language development and assess literacy understanding.
The document analyzes data from various reading assessments of three students to determine their reading levels and needs, finding that the students struggle most with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and writing. It then discusses selecting appropriate narrative and informational texts matched to students' abilities using the Literacy Matrix framework, and provides an example lesson plan focusing on the interactive perspective of reading to build comprehension.
The document discusses the process and benefits of reading. It describes reading as a complex cognitive process involving decoding symbols to derive meaning through interaction between the text and reader. There are three main theories of reading comprehension: schema theory involving prior knowledge, mental model theory creating a story in one's head, and proposition theory constructing main ideas. The benefits of reading include mental stimulation, stress reduction, knowledge gain, vocabulary expansion, memory improvement, analytical thinking, focus, better writing skills, tranquility, and free entertainment. Overall, reading provides a variety of cognitive benefits and is an efficient way to learn.
Theories in reading instruction
TOP-DOWN READING MODEL
Emphasizes what the reader brings to the text
Says reading is driven by meaning
Proceeds from whole to part
Views from some researchers
1. Frank Smith – Reading is not decoding written language to spoken language
2. reading is a matter of bringing meaning to print
FEATURES OF TOP-DOWN APPROACH
Readers can comprehend a selection even though they do not recognize each word.
Readers should use meaning and grammatical cues to identify unrecognized words.
Reading for meaning is the primary objective of reading, rather than mastery of letters, letters/sound relationships and words.
FEATURES OF TOP-DOWN APPROACH
Reading requires the use of meaning activities than the mastery of series of word- recognition skills.
The primary focus of instruction should be the reading of sentences, paragraphs, and whole selections
The most important aspect about reading is the amount and kind of information gained through reading.
BOTTOM UP
Emphasizes a single direction
Emphasizes the written or printed texts
Part to whole model
Reading is driven by a process that results in meaning
PROPONENTS OF THE BOTTOM UP
Flesch 1955
Gough 1985
FEATURES OF BOTTOM-UP
Believes the reader needs to:
Identify letter features
Link these features to recognize letters
Combine letter to recognize spelling patterns
Link spelling patterns to recognize words
Proceed to sentence, paragraph, and text- level processing
INTERACTIVE READING MODEL
It recognizes the interaction of bottom-up and top-down processes simultaneously throughout the reading process.
Reading as an active process that depends on reader characteristics, the text, and the reading situation (Rumelhart, 1985)
Attempts to combine the valid insights of bottom-up and top-down models.
PROPONENTS OF THE INTERACTIVE READING MODEL
Rumelhart, D. 1985
Barr, Sadow, and Blachowicz 1990
Ruddell and Speaker 1985
This document discusses physiological and psychological factors related to reading readiness in children. It covers topics like phonemic awareness, visual discrimination, levels of comprehension, developing reading skills through activities like reading aloud and teaching letters, sight words, and phonics. Determining a child's reading level and addressing factors such as visual, auditory, and speech abilities as well as their interest, intelligence, readiness, and attitude are important aspects of developing reading skills. The goal is for children to go beyond just distinguishing sounds and letters to comprehending what they read.
The document discusses the reading process and theoretical models of reading. It describes reading as involving interaction between the reader and text, and drawing from both top-down and bottom-up processes. It also discusses factors that affect reading like physiological, intellectual, psychological, linguistic, and sociological factors. Finally, it frames reading as a developmental task that occurs in stages like reading readiness, beginning reading, rapid growth, and refinement.
This document discusses and compares four main approaches to teaching beginning readers:
1) The phonics approach teaches letter sounds and blending.
2) The look-and-say method has students recognize whole words through flashcards.
3) The language experience approach uses students' own drawings and words.
4) The context support method uses books with longer sentences on one page and shorter versions on the facing page. All four methods can be combined to engage students and support their reading development.
A summary of the Montessori approach to teaching literacy (both writing and reading, a literature review of key aspects of the Montessori approach and recommendations for implementing these principles.
This document discusses literacy development in children. It describes Donaldson's theory that children first try to make sense of situations, then use their knowledge to understand what is said to them. This transfer stage is crucial as it indicates significant learning. The document also outlines specific literacy experiences children engage in, such as self-reading, storytelling, and working on phonics and sight words, which immerse them in literacy. It provides examples of input, process, transfer, and output stages of literacy development. Differentiated instruction techniques are suggested, such as using dramatic play to encourage language development and assess literacy understanding.
The document analyzes data from various reading assessments of three students to determine their reading levels and needs, finding that the students struggle most with comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and writing. It then discusses selecting appropriate narrative and informational texts matched to students' abilities using the Literacy Matrix framework, and provides an example lesson plan focusing on the interactive perspective of reading to build comprehension.
This document provides information about gathering data on students' reading levels through formal assessments. It analyzes data from three students using Fountas and Pinnell Running Records, Scholastic Reading Inventory, and Reading Plus. The data shows the students struggle with comprehension. The document discusses selecting texts using the Literacy Matrix and designing lessons to target vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension using various instructional perspectives and texts.
The document provides guidelines for effective reading in multiple areas:
1. It outlines questions one should be able to answer to know how to read properly, including associating sounds and symbols, understanding relationships between words and ideas, and having a clear purpose.
2. It describes techniques like skimming, scanning, and comprehensive reading that are important for understanding scientific materials.
3. It recommends taking notes to better understand and retain information, focusing on key points and organizing notes for easy comprehension. The guidelines aim to help students actively read texts and fully grasp their meaning and content.
Literate Environment Analysis by Sarah WydlerSwydler
The document discusses creating a literate environment for students in pre-K through 3rd grade. It outlines the Framework for Literacy Instruction, which includes the learners, texts, and instructional practices, as well as the interactive, critical, and response perspectives. The author describes how she uses assessments to understand students, selects appropriately leveled texts, teaches strategic reading through modeling, and incorporates critical and personal response perspectives into lessons. She concludes that considering all components of the Framework helps create an effective literacy environment.
This document discusses creating a literate environment for students from pre-kindergarten to third grade. It emphasizes the importance of assessing students' cognitive and noncognitive skills to understand their abilities, interests and motivations. It also discusses selecting appropriate texts based on student assessments and exposing students to different genres. Specific learning strategies are proposed that focus on word recognition, comprehension, and critically thinking about and responding to texts. These strategies aim to teach students to be strategic, metacognitive, critical and responsive readers.
This document discusses a study aimed at improving reading fluency among Year 2 pupils in Malaysia. It identifies that the pupils have difficulties pronouncing words with the phonemes /a/ and /u/ accurately due to confusion between English and Malay pronunciation. The study will examine the effectiveness of a "Phonic Race" game-based strategy in developing phonetic awareness and pronunciation. Specifically, it aims to identify the most problematic phoneme, and determine if Phonic Race can improve phonetic awareness and pronunciation. The target group are 12 Year 2 pupils with varying English proficiency levels.
This document summarizes key cognitive learning theorists including Allan Paivio, Robert Gagne, Howard Gardner, and Benjamin Bloom. It describes their major contributions to the fields of dual coding theory, cognitive learning hierarchies, multiple intelligences theory, and Bloom's taxonomy of learning domains. Specifically, it outlines Paivio's dual coding theory of verbal and visual information processing, Gagne's principles of instruction based on building component skills, Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, and Bloom's classification of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning domains and taxonomy of cognitive levels.
Charles Carpenter Fries was an American linguist who founded the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan. Developmental reading refers to the normal pattern and sequence of reading skill development in children learning to read. It involves students making reading a habit rather than only doing it when necessary. Developmental reading involves 10 stages: reading readiness, beginning reading, listening skills, word study skills, literary appreciation skills, speaking skills, reading skills, writing skills, rapid growth and development, and the acquisition of reading power.
The document discusses factors affecting reading readiness in children. It describes 4 aspects of readiness - psychomotor, affective, social, and cognitive readiness. Psychomotor readiness refers to physical skills, affective to emotional factors, social to relationships, and cognitive to mental development. Several critical reading readiness skills are also outlined, including print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, listening comprehension, and motivation to read. Theories on child development like maturationism, environmentalism and constructivism are briefly explained in relation to how they view the role of nature vs nurture in reading acquisition.
The document discusses the mentalist theory of language acquisition. It defines mentalism as a theory that focuses on mental processes and perception, and views language as being acquired through innate cognitive abilities rather than external conditioning alone. The document outlines key aspects of mentalism, including Noam Chomsky's view that humans possess an innate language acquisition device. It also contrasts mentalism with behaviorism, noting mentalism's emphasis on internal mental structures and processes in language learning. Finally, the document discusses implications of the mentalist theory for English for Specific Purposes teaching, emphasizing the importance of understanding learners' cognitive processes.
Building comprehension strategies with studentsMark Hernandez
The document provides an overview of strategies for building reading comprehension with students. It discusses barriers to comprehension such as decoding issues and dependence on teachers. It also outlines key comprehension strategies like predicting, clarifying, making inferences, summarizing, questioning, visualizing and self-monitoring. The document provides resources for teaching each strategy and emphasizes using a scaffolded approach of modeling, guided practice and independent application.
The document discusses the challenges of teaching reading in today's elementary schools. It emphasizes the importance of reading as a functional and enjoyable skill. It also describes the complex cognitive processes involved in the reading act, including perceptual, thinking, associative, and constructive aspects. Effective reading instruction requires taking a balanced approach that integrates word recognition, comprehension strategies, and literature.
The document discusses tips for overcoming obstacles in reading and activities to enhance reading skills. It recommends making reading a regular part of life, surrounding yourself with books and other readers, and being determined to overcome obstacles. It also lists note-taking, using graphic organizers, and engaging in reading activities as ways to enhance selective reading skills. Additionally, it defines reading comprehension, discusses how it affects daily life and the learning process, and provides techniques like summarizing, building vocabulary, and using the S3QR method to better understand texts.
The document discusses several theoretical models of reading:
- The traditional view sees reading as decoding written symbols into sounds with meaning residing in the text.
- The cognitive view sees reading as an interactive process where the reader makes predictions using background knowledge.
- The metacognitive view sees reading as involving thinking about one's reading process and using strategies like setting a purpose.
It also provides tips for implementing reading theories with examples like preparing students with background information, discussing the reading purpose, and encouraging active reading techniques during the reading process.
This document discusses the stages of reading development from early childhood through adulthood. It outlines 5 stages of reading:
1) Pre-reading stage from birth to age 6 where children are exposed to books and develop early literacy skills.
2) Beginning reading stage from ages 6-7 where children start to decode words using phonics.
3) Reading for learning stage from grades 2-3 where reading fluency increases and comprehension improves.
4) Multiple viewpoints stage in high school where reading incorporates different perspectives.
5) Constructive reading stage in college where reading is used to build knowledge and develop critical thinking. Later stages involve more complex texts and analytical reading skills. Factors like language, cognition
The document provides details about a literacy lesson plan that incorporates the interactive, critical, and response perspectives. The lesson plan utilizes assessments to understand students and select an appropriate text about feelings and self-esteem. During the lesson, students activate prior knowledge, make predictions, discuss the story, and write about themselves positively. The analysis explains how the critical and response perspectives allow students to think deeply and respond to text. Research supports using quality text to evoke discussion and responses.
This document summarizes Stephnie Hopkins' analysis of literacy instruction for early readers. It discusses the importance of getting to know students, assessing their abilities, and selecting engaging texts at appropriate levels. It also outlines the three perspectives of literacy instruction - interactive, critical, and response. The interactive perspective involves teaching strategies for comprehension and metacognition. The critical perspective focuses on critical thinking skills. The response perspective allows students to personally connect with texts. Formal and informal assessments help teachers support each student's literacy development.
Comprehension involves the ability to understand what is read through either oral or silent reading. There are four levels of comprehension: literal, interpretative, critical, and application. The literal level focuses on identifying important information explicitly stated. The interpretative level requires making inferences about what is implied. The critical level involves making judgments about the validity or worth of what is read. The application level combines understandings from the lower levels to develop new ideas and insights.
This document describes how to create a literate classroom environment that encourages reading and writing. Key aspects include providing a classroom library and individual reading spots, conducting daily reading and writing workshops, and conferencing with students. Assessments are used to understand students' reading abilities and interests in order to differentiate instruction. A variety of texts, including print, digital and websites, are selected based on students' levels and interests. The interactive perspective is discussed as a framework that teaches strategic reading, writing and comprehension skills through approaches like shared reading and guided reading. An example is provided of how this perspective was used in small group literacy instruction.
The document discusses 5 theories of learning: behaviorism, mentalism, cognitive code, affective factor, and learning & acquisition. It provides details on each theory, including their key aspects. Behaviorism emphasizes stimulus-response and reinforcement, mentalism sees learning as acquiring rules, cognitive code views learners as active thinkers, and affective factor acknowledges the role of emotions. A model is proposed that learning involves connecting new knowledge to existing networks through problem-solving strategies, while acknowledging individual differences in learners.
The Barrett Taxonomy is a framework for classifying reading comprehension questions into 5 levels of complexity: 1) literal comprehension involving recognition and recall, 2) reorganization involving organizing ideas, 3) inferential comprehension involving hypotheses, 4) evaluation requiring judgments, and 5) appreciation involving knowledge and emotional response. It was designed to help teachers create reading tests and questions. The taxonomy also describes 6 levels of reading skills: word recognition, associating meaning with symbols, literal comprehension, interpretation, critical reading, and creative reading.
Empathy and the Autistic Spectrum: Empowering Adolescent Achievement through ...claudebisson
The adolescent within the autism spectrum faces a variety of obstacles in achieving academic success, due in particular to challenges with executive functioning and affective relationship building. These nonverbal deficits puzzle families and educators as they attempt to empower students to meet individual potentials. In addition, parents may also feel marginalized by the entire educational process. In order to provide the best education for these students, a teacher must find a means of successful collaboration with a variety of people: families, clinicians, social workers, guidance counselors, and consultants. This project encourages collaborative team participation of key mentors through a curriculum by offering an interdisciplinary, thematic unit in which all players participate to contribute to the affective lessons of the child.
While participating in lessons that acknowledge the common experiences and emotions of the human condition, students practice skills in empathy. The more the students practice empathy, the more they rehearse daily emotional responses that exhibit reflection and responsibility, a significant affective objective for every high school student. This is especially important for adolescents in the autistic spectrum, many of whom may struggle with academics due to chronic disorganization, inability to integrate new ideas in existing schemas, and inability to appropriately articulate needs and feelings. When the student relates to a common experience with a character in narrative, he or she simply makes objective observations in an attempt to relate them to personal experiences. Thus, narrative provides a medium for interpersonal connection that would not otherwise be made with members of the interdisciplinary team. This enhances the academic experience and incorporates values-based education and therapeutic models of intervention into the content area.
This presentation will provide a practitioner-based example that implemented interdisciplinary collaboration in a curricular project based on The Sunflower, by Simon Weisenthal. While the presenters organized a school-wide project, this plan could be implemented in classrooms or schools, regardless of size. Participants will acquire the knowledge necessary to actively engage all players involved in a child’s education by implementing a similar affective curriculum in their schools.
This presentation will include lecture, Power Point presentation, handouts, examples of student/parent/teacher blog entries, and a cooperative learning activity to encourage active, participatory learning.
External factors that affect the child’s reading comprehension: TeacherKevin Cedrick Castro
How does teachers affect student's learning and performance in reading comprehension? Learn more on the impact brought by teachers in the student's reading comprehension.
This document provides information about gathering data on students' reading levels through formal assessments. It analyzes data from three students using Fountas and Pinnell Running Records, Scholastic Reading Inventory, and Reading Plus. The data shows the students struggle with comprehension. The document discusses selecting texts using the Literacy Matrix and designing lessons to target vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension using various instructional perspectives and texts.
The document provides guidelines for effective reading in multiple areas:
1. It outlines questions one should be able to answer to know how to read properly, including associating sounds and symbols, understanding relationships between words and ideas, and having a clear purpose.
2. It describes techniques like skimming, scanning, and comprehensive reading that are important for understanding scientific materials.
3. It recommends taking notes to better understand and retain information, focusing on key points and organizing notes for easy comprehension. The guidelines aim to help students actively read texts and fully grasp their meaning and content.
Literate Environment Analysis by Sarah WydlerSwydler
The document discusses creating a literate environment for students in pre-K through 3rd grade. It outlines the Framework for Literacy Instruction, which includes the learners, texts, and instructional practices, as well as the interactive, critical, and response perspectives. The author describes how she uses assessments to understand students, selects appropriately leveled texts, teaches strategic reading through modeling, and incorporates critical and personal response perspectives into lessons. She concludes that considering all components of the Framework helps create an effective literacy environment.
This document discusses creating a literate environment for students from pre-kindergarten to third grade. It emphasizes the importance of assessing students' cognitive and noncognitive skills to understand their abilities, interests and motivations. It also discusses selecting appropriate texts based on student assessments and exposing students to different genres. Specific learning strategies are proposed that focus on word recognition, comprehension, and critically thinking about and responding to texts. These strategies aim to teach students to be strategic, metacognitive, critical and responsive readers.
This document discusses a study aimed at improving reading fluency among Year 2 pupils in Malaysia. It identifies that the pupils have difficulties pronouncing words with the phonemes /a/ and /u/ accurately due to confusion between English and Malay pronunciation. The study will examine the effectiveness of a "Phonic Race" game-based strategy in developing phonetic awareness and pronunciation. Specifically, it aims to identify the most problematic phoneme, and determine if Phonic Race can improve phonetic awareness and pronunciation. The target group are 12 Year 2 pupils with varying English proficiency levels.
This document summarizes key cognitive learning theorists including Allan Paivio, Robert Gagne, Howard Gardner, and Benjamin Bloom. It describes their major contributions to the fields of dual coding theory, cognitive learning hierarchies, multiple intelligences theory, and Bloom's taxonomy of learning domains. Specifically, it outlines Paivio's dual coding theory of verbal and visual information processing, Gagne's principles of instruction based on building component skills, Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, and Bloom's classification of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor learning domains and taxonomy of cognitive levels.
Charles Carpenter Fries was an American linguist who founded the English Language Institute at the University of Michigan. Developmental reading refers to the normal pattern and sequence of reading skill development in children learning to read. It involves students making reading a habit rather than only doing it when necessary. Developmental reading involves 10 stages: reading readiness, beginning reading, listening skills, word study skills, literary appreciation skills, speaking skills, reading skills, writing skills, rapid growth and development, and the acquisition of reading power.
The document discusses factors affecting reading readiness in children. It describes 4 aspects of readiness - psychomotor, affective, social, and cognitive readiness. Psychomotor readiness refers to physical skills, affective to emotional factors, social to relationships, and cognitive to mental development. Several critical reading readiness skills are also outlined, including print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, listening comprehension, and motivation to read. Theories on child development like maturationism, environmentalism and constructivism are briefly explained in relation to how they view the role of nature vs nurture in reading acquisition.
The document discusses the mentalist theory of language acquisition. It defines mentalism as a theory that focuses on mental processes and perception, and views language as being acquired through innate cognitive abilities rather than external conditioning alone. The document outlines key aspects of mentalism, including Noam Chomsky's view that humans possess an innate language acquisition device. It also contrasts mentalism with behaviorism, noting mentalism's emphasis on internal mental structures and processes in language learning. Finally, the document discusses implications of the mentalist theory for English for Specific Purposes teaching, emphasizing the importance of understanding learners' cognitive processes.
Building comprehension strategies with studentsMark Hernandez
The document provides an overview of strategies for building reading comprehension with students. It discusses barriers to comprehension such as decoding issues and dependence on teachers. It also outlines key comprehension strategies like predicting, clarifying, making inferences, summarizing, questioning, visualizing and self-monitoring. The document provides resources for teaching each strategy and emphasizes using a scaffolded approach of modeling, guided practice and independent application.
The document discusses the challenges of teaching reading in today's elementary schools. It emphasizes the importance of reading as a functional and enjoyable skill. It also describes the complex cognitive processes involved in the reading act, including perceptual, thinking, associative, and constructive aspects. Effective reading instruction requires taking a balanced approach that integrates word recognition, comprehension strategies, and literature.
The document discusses tips for overcoming obstacles in reading and activities to enhance reading skills. It recommends making reading a regular part of life, surrounding yourself with books and other readers, and being determined to overcome obstacles. It also lists note-taking, using graphic organizers, and engaging in reading activities as ways to enhance selective reading skills. Additionally, it defines reading comprehension, discusses how it affects daily life and the learning process, and provides techniques like summarizing, building vocabulary, and using the S3QR method to better understand texts.
The document discusses several theoretical models of reading:
- The traditional view sees reading as decoding written symbols into sounds with meaning residing in the text.
- The cognitive view sees reading as an interactive process where the reader makes predictions using background knowledge.
- The metacognitive view sees reading as involving thinking about one's reading process and using strategies like setting a purpose.
It also provides tips for implementing reading theories with examples like preparing students with background information, discussing the reading purpose, and encouraging active reading techniques during the reading process.
This document discusses the stages of reading development from early childhood through adulthood. It outlines 5 stages of reading:
1) Pre-reading stage from birth to age 6 where children are exposed to books and develop early literacy skills.
2) Beginning reading stage from ages 6-7 where children start to decode words using phonics.
3) Reading for learning stage from grades 2-3 where reading fluency increases and comprehension improves.
4) Multiple viewpoints stage in high school where reading incorporates different perspectives.
5) Constructive reading stage in college where reading is used to build knowledge and develop critical thinking. Later stages involve more complex texts and analytical reading skills. Factors like language, cognition
The document provides details about a literacy lesson plan that incorporates the interactive, critical, and response perspectives. The lesson plan utilizes assessments to understand students and select an appropriate text about feelings and self-esteem. During the lesson, students activate prior knowledge, make predictions, discuss the story, and write about themselves positively. The analysis explains how the critical and response perspectives allow students to think deeply and respond to text. Research supports using quality text to evoke discussion and responses.
This document summarizes Stephnie Hopkins' analysis of literacy instruction for early readers. It discusses the importance of getting to know students, assessing their abilities, and selecting engaging texts at appropriate levels. It also outlines the three perspectives of literacy instruction - interactive, critical, and response. The interactive perspective involves teaching strategies for comprehension and metacognition. The critical perspective focuses on critical thinking skills. The response perspective allows students to personally connect with texts. Formal and informal assessments help teachers support each student's literacy development.
Comprehension involves the ability to understand what is read through either oral or silent reading. There are four levels of comprehension: literal, interpretative, critical, and application. The literal level focuses on identifying important information explicitly stated. The interpretative level requires making inferences about what is implied. The critical level involves making judgments about the validity or worth of what is read. The application level combines understandings from the lower levels to develop new ideas and insights.
This document describes how to create a literate classroom environment that encourages reading and writing. Key aspects include providing a classroom library and individual reading spots, conducting daily reading and writing workshops, and conferencing with students. Assessments are used to understand students' reading abilities and interests in order to differentiate instruction. A variety of texts, including print, digital and websites, are selected based on students' levels and interests. The interactive perspective is discussed as a framework that teaches strategic reading, writing and comprehension skills through approaches like shared reading and guided reading. An example is provided of how this perspective was used in small group literacy instruction.
The document discusses 5 theories of learning: behaviorism, mentalism, cognitive code, affective factor, and learning & acquisition. It provides details on each theory, including their key aspects. Behaviorism emphasizes stimulus-response and reinforcement, mentalism sees learning as acquiring rules, cognitive code views learners as active thinkers, and affective factor acknowledges the role of emotions. A model is proposed that learning involves connecting new knowledge to existing networks through problem-solving strategies, while acknowledging individual differences in learners.
The Barrett Taxonomy is a framework for classifying reading comprehension questions into 5 levels of complexity: 1) literal comprehension involving recognition and recall, 2) reorganization involving organizing ideas, 3) inferential comprehension involving hypotheses, 4) evaluation requiring judgments, and 5) appreciation involving knowledge and emotional response. It was designed to help teachers create reading tests and questions. The taxonomy also describes 6 levels of reading skills: word recognition, associating meaning with symbols, literal comprehension, interpretation, critical reading, and creative reading.
Empathy and the Autistic Spectrum: Empowering Adolescent Achievement through ...claudebisson
The adolescent within the autism spectrum faces a variety of obstacles in achieving academic success, due in particular to challenges with executive functioning and affective relationship building. These nonverbal deficits puzzle families and educators as they attempt to empower students to meet individual potentials. In addition, parents may also feel marginalized by the entire educational process. In order to provide the best education for these students, a teacher must find a means of successful collaboration with a variety of people: families, clinicians, social workers, guidance counselors, and consultants. This project encourages collaborative team participation of key mentors through a curriculum by offering an interdisciplinary, thematic unit in which all players participate to contribute to the affective lessons of the child.
While participating in lessons that acknowledge the common experiences and emotions of the human condition, students practice skills in empathy. The more the students practice empathy, the more they rehearse daily emotional responses that exhibit reflection and responsibility, a significant affective objective for every high school student. This is especially important for adolescents in the autistic spectrum, many of whom may struggle with academics due to chronic disorganization, inability to integrate new ideas in existing schemas, and inability to appropriately articulate needs and feelings. When the student relates to a common experience with a character in narrative, he or she simply makes objective observations in an attempt to relate them to personal experiences. Thus, narrative provides a medium for interpersonal connection that would not otherwise be made with members of the interdisciplinary team. This enhances the academic experience and incorporates values-based education and therapeutic models of intervention into the content area.
This presentation will provide a practitioner-based example that implemented interdisciplinary collaboration in a curricular project based on The Sunflower, by Simon Weisenthal. While the presenters organized a school-wide project, this plan could be implemented in classrooms or schools, regardless of size. Participants will acquire the knowledge necessary to actively engage all players involved in a child’s education by implementing a similar affective curriculum in their schools.
This presentation will include lecture, Power Point presentation, handouts, examples of student/parent/teacher blog entries, and a cooperative learning activity to encourage active, participatory learning.
External factors that affect the child’s reading comprehension: TeacherKevin Cedrick Castro
How does teachers affect student's learning and performance in reading comprehension? Learn more on the impact brought by teachers in the student's reading comprehension.
Emotions TOKUHAMA Part 2 1-30-15 Positive Psychology Jan 15.pptxssusera514e0
This document discusses the concept of emotional intelligence. It begins by defining both emotions and intelligence individually, citing various definitions from sources. It then discusses models of emotional intelligence proposed by researchers, including models by Salovey and Mayer, Goleman, and Bar-On. It also briefly discusses tests that have been used to measure emotional intelligence, such as the MEIS, EQ-i, and Marshmallow Test. Finally, it compares and contrasts emotional intelligence with related concepts such as multiple intelligences and social cognition.
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1. Emotional Intelligence and Language Learning
Elena Aniela Mancaș
University of Bucharest (Romania)
iacoboschia@yahoo.com
Abstract
My paper briefs on the results of a research that explores possible ways of applying the emotional
intelligence theory in the Language and Literature class with students in secondary education. My
aims are to improve their language acquisition and to support the development of some components
of their emotional intelligence such as to be aware of their own emotions, to express feelings by
means of verbal language or other symbolic codes and, last but not least, to display empathy.
Firstly I shall highlight the main issues of the emotional intelligence theory that I selected as a
theoretical background for the research. Secondly I shall analyze some of the traditional views that are
still at work in the current teaching practice as far as the management of emotions is concerned. For
instance, emotions are avoided in the class; students are not invited to express them. Emotions are
perceived as a sign of weakness and most teachers would rather choose a canon-based approach to
the literary texts instead of a student-centered discussion that start from their emotions in contact with
a work of art. Thirdly I shall present some of the activities that I designed and applied and which put
the Language and Literature curricular provision in a new empathy-based perspective.
In order to measure the students’ progress I use questionnaires and self-assessment sheets. The
outcomes testify for the benefits of the approach. In the concluding part of my paper I shall quote
some of the students’ remarks as recorded in their sheets, show some of their artifacts and interpret
their level of text understanding and the depth of their emotional representation. Key words: emotional
intelligence theory, language and literature teaching and learning, student-centered approach,
empathy.
1. Introduction
In the Romanian education system, the teaching-learning process often ignores the emotional
dimension of the students' personality. The present curricular perspective places the student at the
center of teaching, by explicit focus on communication competences as well as on values and
attitudes; nevertheless, mainly in the current classroom practice there is little concern for what Daniel
Goleman calls emotional intelligence [2]. In his book, by the same title, he states that emotional
literacy is as crucial as the learning of reading, writing and numeracy and he even discusses the
possibility of a special school subject that should be included in the curriculum of any country in order
to promote the teaching of such an important issue.
Our paper is based on the observation of the actual language and literature teaching. Starting from
this grassroots classroom practice experience, we intend to draw a warning about the emotion-
deprived pattern of teaching which actually develops a barrier between the student reader and the
text. We also list a number of activities that can be conducted in the language and literature classes
which allow - and moreover encourage – the children to emotionally relate and react to what they
read. We do not consider these activities as recipes of good practice, but mere proof that new theories
of learning can be successfully transferred into practice.
There is a bulk of information about emotional intelligence, multiple intelligences, critical thinking, that
are circulated via the internet or by the more traditional means of the in-service teacher training.
Teachers read, speak and even write reports about these theories. Unfortunately they remain just
theory. The actual practice prefers to reproduce the hard-line subject-based way of implementing the
curriculum: to cover the subject matter is more important than to build knowledge and promote values.
If they do not accept the role of the emotional reality, teachers cannot get to have quality relationships
with their students, nor can they teach for deep understanding, to use one of Howard Gardner’s
phrases [3]. If such relationships are fostered, then teachers can facilitate the learning of the most
difficult concepts as well as of the desired values and attitudes.
2. Theoretical framework
Our work has been inspired by two theories that produced a revolution in the classic representation of
the mind – the multiple intelligences theory and the emotional intelligence. Both theories have a
tremendous impact for effective learning if practitioners make the effort to really focus their teaching
2. on their students instead of their subject matter as it is ordinarily kept in awe between the covers of the
academic treaty.
2.1 The emotional intelligence
Daniel Goleman defines emotional intelligence as the ability to be motivated and persevere in front of
frustration, to govern one’s impulses and to delay personal satisfaction, and to regulate moods and
prevent troubles to obscure one’s judgment; to be persistent and have hope.
He considers the following primary emotions:
- Anger: resentment, fury, irritability, indignation, exasperation, animosity;
- Sorrow: sadness, being upset, melancholy, loneliness, self-pity, sulk;
- Fear: nervousness, anxiety, being afraid, terror, concern, worry, horror, misunderstanding;
- Joy: relief, happiness, blessing, pride, pleasure, euphoria, satisfaction, amusement, contentment;
- Love: friendship, trust, acceptance, commitment, awe, worship, kindness, affinity;
- Surprise: wonder, shock;
- Disgust: contempt, detestation, revulsion, repugnance;
- Shame: embarrassment, guilt, humiliation, regret, remorse.
Another taxonomy is given by Paul Ekman, University of California who matches emotions with facial
expressions. Four are considered universal: fear, anger, sadness, joy. He also claims that some
events determine the same emotions in all people, but everyone shows them differently [1].
When working with children, teachers can foster all the dimensions of emotional intelligence from the
youngest ages. If the approach of these components is constant, the emotional learning will go
deeper. In the following,we will discuss a number of issues that could also sustain deep understanding
in the language and literature class and lead to higher levels of reading competence and text
interpretation.
- Awareness of own feelings. Emotions, as response to a change, are more difficult to realize by
children because there is a tendency to relate more to external events (behaviors) than to inner
motives that involve reflection and self-analysis. For example, a student who does not participate in
group interaction or refuses to do her homework can be helped by the teacher during classes. The
latter should support the child to understand her feelings, irrespective of what those mean – if they are
pleasant or unpleasant. Consequently, students learn that all emotions are normal. It is perhaps better
to classify emotions under the headings pleasant / unpleasant than positive / negative.
- Expressing emotions. Quite often, when students are asked questions like: “How are you feeling?
How did you feel when ...? How did character X feel when...? What was in his soul?”, students tend to
answer with a simple “I don’t know” or by formulating clichés. It is hard for them to express their
emotions by means of words or other symbolic codes. They actually find it difficult to understand the
nuances of their own feelings.
- Self-control and emotional regulation. Children can be helped to learn self-control (anger, sadness,
fear) by using strategies that allow emotion-based solutions to their problems. If a student exhibits
inexplicable fear towards written tests it is not enough to lecture him/her. Instead it is important to put
him/her in actual and imagined situations, by which they learn to educate both their emotional and
rational self.
- Empathy. There are basically two components of empathy: emotional reaction to others, which is
developed during the first six years of life, and the cognitive response that determines the extent to
which older children are able to understand the feelings of others and show their compassion.
2.2. Multiple intelligences
Howard Gardner [4] defines intelligence as the ability to solve a problem or fashion products that are
valued in a given culture in a certain epoch. Both problems and products are quite varied in scope and
structure – from musical masterpieces to successful political campaigns or from awesome sports
performance to breakthrough scientific discoveries! Therefore Gardner pluralizes the classical concept
of ”general intelligence” and claims that individuals rather possess a set of abilities that could each be
described by a core operation, embeded in a symbolic system, that benefits from a notational system.
Moreover each such ability that Gardner calls ”intelligence” has a neural representation and is subject
to developmental changes.
In school education, we normally connect talent to the core operation of the subject we teach. As a
teacher of language for instance we value children who are linguistic, or, in Gardner’s terms possess a
strength in linguistic intelligence. It is them who naturally enjoy reading, write easily, do not have
problems to explain what they have learned by telling a story or by giving a beautiful description.
3. Words come easy to them. But how to teach a linguistic topic to students whose cognitive profile have
a weakness in this area? Moreover, how can they speak or write about a character if ”words don’t
come easy”? At this point, as teachers, we completely ignore if bad performance is due to a lack of
understanding or to the low verbal ability to express something. In a previous research [5], we showed
that all students, irrespective of their intelligence profile, can get to deeper levels of text understanding
if they are involved in transdisciplinary projects that put their various intelligences at work to fashion
meaningful artifacts.
In the present research, the emotional intelligence theory works as the prime source of inspiration
while the multiple intelligences are used as a secondary source. The following examples suggest
activities that value various dimensions of the emotional intelligence while students work with the text.
Their response to the given instructions can be encoded in a variety of ”languages” so they can more
easily express their understanding by benefiting from the strengths of their intelligence profile.
3. Examples of emotional intelligence at work in the mother tongue class
A careful observation of children's emotions when they work during the class activities can help
teachers design approaches, strategies that target the curricular vision and provision and at the same
time be an authentic support for the students’ emotional learning.
3.1 Emotional awareness and expression
- Listening to poems: Students are asked to individually listen to classical poetic texts with music as a
background (the texts can be famous recordings by actors who recite the poem) and note at least
three emotions they experience throughout the listening. Then 3-4 students can come together to
identify similar or same emotions and analyze the different ones. Also, they can be asked to associate
an emotion they experienced to certain words in the poem or to certain colors.
- Musical diary. Students listen to various musical excerpts, preferably collages of sounds from nature
- water, wind, dolphins, whales - and describe by means of words or colors how they feel during the
listening. The excerpt can be replayed 2-3 times.
3.2 Self-control and emotional regulation
In our literature, a novella (“nuvela” in Romanian) is, par excellence, a narrative that centers a
character who goes through a tumultuous emotional crisis. For teachers it is a good opportunity to
design activities that lead students towards reflecting on the importance of self-control and emotional
regulation. For example, in “Two Lottery Tickets” by the canonic writer I.L.Caragiale, the character
Lefter Popescu is unsatisfied with his job, quite unhappy about his life. At one point, he thinks he won
the lottery, but cannot find the tickets, which triggers bouts of anger or genuine sadness that are
inexplicable. His lack of self-control leads to violence and human rights violations. When he finally
finds the tickets in a desk drawer, he goes to collect the money that would have changed his life, but
he learns then he does not have the winning tickets as wrong numbers were published in the
newspaper. In the example below, students are invited to identify and analyse emotions starting from
a picture (See Fig.1) and the text “Two Lottery Tickets” .
Fig. 1. Two lottery tickets by Sabina Popescu, art student Fig. 2. One of the students’ artifacts
4. The entry point in the discussion is a short drama activity. The students are asked to carefully examine
the drawing, then to mime the situation, then to explain why it was difficult to express anger. They are
also asked to list some solutions for the character to calm down. The entry point is followed by the
following sequence of activities:
- Students are informed about the assignment for the portfolio - Human rights and their violation
- Students discuss, read again and illustrate in a drawing / collage how the law of inertia (which they
studied in physics) might work in the case of "human emotions” (see Fig. 2 for a sample of their
response)
- Similarly, in a multiple representation they illustrate the topic: Addictions. Habits. Temptations - In
fiction and reality – an assignment for the portfolio
- Students discuss conflicts in text. We try to find out what action and reaction can mean at the level of
the text
- Students make a drawing or a collage or a scheme or a role-play that illustrates the types of action
and reaction in the fictional world. And, finally, students develop a written portrait of the character.
Following the implementation work, we reached some important conclusions. Everything went much
better than expected. Children welcomed the proposal and were really excited about the work. The
various very active and creative portfolio assignments supported them for a deeper understanding of
the character. Thus, by the end of the l learning unit, the students were able to write a type of text that
is stipulated in the exam syllabus. When we tried to "make" together a plan to describe Lefter, the
students’ answers came very quickly and showed a good reception of the text. The children explained
in a metacognitive feedback sheet that what helped them most were the activities connected to
“inertia”, “relationships” and ”types of interaction”.
3.3 Empathy
The following example which is excerpted from a material published by UNICEF – Romania [6] was
designed for the discussion on Hatchet a novel by Mihai Sadoveanu, a canonic writer. The students
are asked to examine the drawing in Fig. 3 and to answer the following questions:
1. What can be the feelings of the character in the picture?
2. How old is the character? How do you know?
3. What is the meaning of the yellowish spot?
4. Why is one of the characters drawn backwards?
5. Do the two characters communicate with one another? How do you know?
6. What does the tree in the background mean?
7. Where does the male character go?
8. What do the dark colors suggest to you?
9. Write down some thoughts that are read in the woman’s eyes .
10. Does the drawing speak of a happy or sad story? Why?
5. Fig. 3. Hatchet by Sabina Popescu, art student
4. Conclusions
We have worked with this type of activities for three years. Our conclusion is that a thorough transfer
of the emotional theory in the language class has at least three important results: a. The students’
understanding and reading competence developed; b. the students emotional intelligence developed
as proved by their behavior in school; c. their motivation for learning is higher. In this respect, their
statements from their feedback sheets are relevant:
-I’m happy I found out some ways to calm down. (Matei)
-I liked that I thought more about others. (Dragos)
-Sometimes I'm very jealous, but I know now that's not necessarily a negative quality. (Ioana)
-I understand that there are cures for sadness and anger. (Iulian)
-Others have feelings similar to mine. (Andreea)
-I’m thinking about talking about my feelings with my parents. (Dan)
References
[1] Ekman, Paul, www.paulekman.com
[2] Goleman, Daniel, Emotional Intelligence, Bantam Books, New York, 1995
[3] Gardner, Howard, The Disciplined Mind, Simon & Schuster, New York, 1999
[4] Gardner, Howard, Multiple Intelligences. New Horizons, Basic Books, New York, 2006
[5] Mancas, Elena Aniela, When Learning and Assessment Become Meaningful: Students get involved
in Interdisciplinary Project-Work, in Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol 11. 2011, pp.
205-209
[6] Mancas, Aniela et al., Language and Communication. Resources for teachers who work with
students at risk of dropping out (in Romanian), UNICEF-Romania, 2012