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A Microanalysis of the Small-Group, Guided Reading Lesson: Effects of an Emphasis on Global Story Meaning
Six third-grade classes in the Midwestern United States each received two lessons in which the teaching emphasis was on story meaning (major plot elements) and two lessons in which the teaching emphasis was on surface features of language (word analysis and accurate reading). An emphasis on story me...
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Published in: | Reading research quarterly 1991-01, Vol.26 (4), p.417-441 |
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Summary: | Six third-grade classes in the Midwestern United States each received two lessons in which the teaching emphasis was on story meaning (major plot elements) and two lessons in which the teaching emphasis was on surface features of language (word analysis and accurate reading). An emphasis on story meaning led to superior performance on an array of outcome measures, including recall of propositions, short answers to questions, recall of important elements, oral reading errors, story interest, and lesson time. The difference in performance was especially notable for children in low and average reading groups. Additional analyses confirmed that a child learns more at moments when he or she is taking an active turn reading aloud and answering the teacher's questions, particularly when the child's reading fluency is low. The study also showed that performance on various outcome measures is more strongly related to the average ability of a reading group, especially average group fluency, than to the abilities of individual members of the group. Page-level analyses showed that the likelihood that information will be comprehended and recalled is associated with the importance and density of information on a page and the serial position of the page, but not its readability. /// [French] Six classes de troisième année dans des écoles américaines, furent soumises à deux leçons au cours desquelles l'emphase était mise sur la compréhension globale de l'histoire (éléments importants de l'intrigue) et deux leçons au cours desquelles l'emphase était mise sur l'analyse des éléments de surface du texte (analyse de mots et lecture orale). Le premier type de leçon donna des résultats supérieurs sur un ensemble de mesures parmi lesquelles le rappel des propositions, des réponses à des questions de compréhension, le rappel des informations importantes, l'intérêt pour l'histoire et le temps que durèrent les leçons. Les différences furent particulièrement importantes pour les enfants de niveaux de lecture moyen et faible. Des analyses complémentaires montrèrent que les enfants apprennent plus lorsqu'ils sont impliqués activement dans la lecture soit en lisant à voix haute ou en répondant aux questions de l'enseignante, en particulier lorsque le niveau de lecture de l'enfant est faible. La recherche montra également que les résultats aux différentes mesures sont davantage reliés au niveau de performance moyen du groupe qu'au niveau individuel des élèves qui composent le groupe et q |
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ISSN: | 0034-0553 1936-2722 |
DOI: | 10.2307/747896 |