Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i0SITII14091; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:29:18 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 13:29:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <15.214e89c8.2d4958ec@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2659] Reading Instruction X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5001 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1784 Lines: 37 Colleagues, >From time to time, many of you have contributed ideas about reading instruction, including ways in which you use DI (direct instruction) with your struggling adult readers. We have heard that such instruction is helpful. Now, we see another study, comparing DI with more open ended or Balanced Instruction (research done in children's classrooms), and the conclusion sounds familiar. The article below appears in the PEN Weekly Newsblast for January 23, 2004. STUDY: DIRECT INSTRUCTION NOT BEST WAY TO TEACH READING A three-year study of methods of teaching reading shows that highly scripted, teacher-directed methods of teaching reading were not as effective as traditional methods that allowed a more flexible approach. The study, headed by Randall Ryder, professor of curriculum and instruction in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Education, also found that teachers felt the most highly scripted method, known as Direct Instruction (DI), should be used in limited situations, not as the primary method of teaching students to read. Urban teachers in particular expressed great concern over the DI's lack of sensitivity to issues of poverty, culture and race. Ryder's study looked at a range of approaches, from the very scripted DI approach to more traditional, holistic approaches that balanced systematic instruction with more open-ended classroom experiences. According to Ryder, "Most approaches work for some children -- no single approach works for all children. Which method is the best method for teaching reading varies for any student at any given time." http://www.uwm.edu/News/PR/04.01/Reading.html What do you think? All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA mwpotts2001@aol.com
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