Who's Doing the Work?: How to Say Less So Readers Can Do More By : Jan Burkins
Book Excerpt :
In their follow-up to Reading Wellness, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris explore how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob students of important learning opportunities and independence. Who?s Doing the Work? suggests ways to make small but powerful adjustments to instruction that hold students accountable for their own learning. ? Educators everywhere are concerned about students whose reading development inexplicably plateaus, as well as those who face challenging texts without applying the strategies they?ve been taught. When such problems arise, our instinct is to do more. But when we summarize text before reading or guide students when they encounter difficult words, are we leading them to depend on our support? If we want students to use strategies independently, Jan and Kim believe that we must question the ways our scaffolding is getting in the way. ? Next generation reading instruction is responsive to students? needs, and it develops readers who can integrate
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