Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i87Ep1R08380; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:51:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 10:51:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <8e.1462b0a4.2e6f245a@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2820] Teaching Reading from Catherine B. King X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5030 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1355 Lines: 36 Colleagues, Following are some notes on reading research from Catherine B King. Schema: idiosyncratic abstract networks of knowledge, information, and experience individuals use to structure their memories and interpret new knowledge, information, and experience. (Roe, Stoodt, & Burns, 1995, p. 67). Competent reading is an active process in which the reader calls upon.schemata.to anticipate and understand the author's written language" (Roe, et al., 1995, p. 4). Thus, as Roe et al. (1995) state, "good readers both bring meaning to print and take meaning from print" (p. 4). Roe, B.; Stoodt, B.; Burns, P. (1995). The Content Areas: Secondary School Reading Instruction. (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Brooks, J. & Brooks, M. (1999). In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Dechant, E. (1991). Understanding and Teaching Reading: An Interactive Model. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Thanks to Catherine. For more on Schemas, I suggest a somewhat older but thorough offering from Anderson, John R. (1980). Cognitive Psychology and Its Implications. (2nd ed.) New York: W. H. Freeman and Co. All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA mwpotts2001@aol.com
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