Using QARs with Charts and Graphs.

Mesmer, Heidi Anne E.; Hutchins, Elizabeth J.

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Publication Date: 2002

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Using QARs with Charts and Graphs.

Mesmer, Heidi Anne E.; Hutchins, Elizabeth J.

Reading Teacher, v56 n1 p21-27 Sep 2002

Uses question-and-answer relationships (QARs) to help students identify the purposes of various multiple-choice questions. Shares how the authors taught fifth-grade students to use the QAR framework as they attacked charts, tables, figures, and other graphics. Details the sequence of their instruction and describes the success that they had using QARs in this way. (SG)

Descriptors: Charts, Grade 5, Graphs, High Stakes Tests, Instructional Effectiveness, Intermediate Grades, Learning Strategies, Multiple Choice Tests

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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