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Focus on the Reader

Preview The reader Acknowledgement of reading as a personal process A telephoto view with the reader as the center of teaching reading comprehension Handouts and readings Focus on the Reader Looking at Menni A real danger for kids like Menni Reading - highly personal process Purpose and Goals To make a case for teaching comprehension to struggling readers in a way that spotlights the reader at the core of the process To enable you to acknowledge and utilize unique contributions of individuals to the reading process To give you an understanding of the contributions social interactions can bring to reading comprehension and constructing personal meaning To give you an understanding of metacognitive knowledge and self-regulation To give you an understanding of the relationship of motivation and generalization to self-regulation Lesson Questions How can teachers honor the person of the reader in teaching comprehension? How can dialogue with the teacher and other students enhance a student's construction of meaning? What variables in self-regulation should be addressed in instruction to promote individual control of the reading process? Using Reader Response in Teaching Meaning of text varies from reader to reader "Teachers should recognize that a reader has a right to an interpretation and that reading comprehension is an interactive process involving more that a regurgitation of an author's explicit ideas (Tierney & Pearson, 1994). Active participation in constructing meaning Social Interactions for Constructing Meaning Discussion of perspectives; greater understanding Cooperative learning Individual Metacognitive Processes Metacognitive knowledge Self-regulation Review Importance of focusing on the individual Implications of reader response theories Importance of social interaction Metacognition and comprehension monitoring Motivation and self-regulation Menni