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ERIC Number: EJ549897
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-0300
Scaffolding Young Learners' Reading of Social Studies Texts.
Avery, Patricia G.; Graves, Michael F.
Social Studies and the Young Learner, v9 n4 p10-14 Mar-Apr 1997
Describes the Scaffolding Reading Experience, a technique that helps students deal with challenging expository texts and supports social science inquiry methods. This technique relies on various supporting activities during the prereading, during-reading, and postreading phases. Outlines a series of these activities used during a U.S. history course. (MJP)
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Restructuring, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Middle Schools, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Processes, Reading Skills, Reading Strategies, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Schemata (Cognition), Social Studies, Student Improvement, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Graves (Michael F)