Frankly Freddy

TextProject president and CEO Elfrieda H. (Freddy) Hiebert blogs about important issues in reading research and practice.

Viewing entries posted in July 2006

Does self-selected reading have a place in a comprehension program?

Posted by Freddy Hiebert on 20 July 2006

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How can we scaffold or support the development of proficient self-selected reading? The answer is not to put students into contexts without any guidance. That is, students shouldn’t spend instructional time with text that they have self-selected when they have not been taught how to select books.

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What's new in comprehension research?

Posted by Freddy Hiebert on 12 July 2006

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The proficiency levels of primary-level students can be improved through hard work by teachers and their educational leaders. The next challenge is to build on this proficiency and support high levels of thinking with text.

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