ERIC Number: EJ932604
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0887-8730
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Coaching Middle-Level Teachers to Think Aloud Improves Comprehension Instruction and Student Reading Achievement
Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Lapp, Diane
Teacher Educator, v46 n3 p231-243 2011
In an effort to improve student achievement, a group of middle-school teachers at an underperforming school developed a schoolwide literacy plan. As part of the plan, they agreed to model their thinking while reading aloud. Eight teachers were selected for coaching related to think alouds in which they exposed students to comprehension strategies that they used while reading. The achievement of their students was compared with the achievement of students whose teachers participated in the ongoing professional development but who were not coached. Results indicate that the coached teachers changed their instructional practices and that student achievement improved as a result. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Protocol Analysis, Reading Achievement, Teaching Methods, Middle School Teachers, Coaching (Performance), Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Low Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Development, Reading Difficulties, At Risk Students, English (Second Language), Disadvantaged Youth, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Gates MacGinitie Reading Tests
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