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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ866370
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Dec
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
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Floating on a Sea of Talk: Reading Comprehension through Speaking and Listening
Mills, Kathy A.
Reading Teacher, v63 n4 p325-329 Dec 2009
Talk is the foundation for thought and understanding and the key to literacy learning. Research demonstrates that powerful metacognitive strategies can be taught to help students self-monitor their comprehension when reading print and digital texts. This article provides a repertoire of speaking and listening strategies to develop the metacognitive thinking of students in the elementary years. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Speech Communication, Metacognition, Reading Instruction, Literacy Education, Thinking Skills, Listening Skills, Speech Skills, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Prior Learning, Inferences, Critical Thinking, Visualization, Questioning Techniques, Story Telling, Middle School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Middle Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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