Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants
Title
Preparing Secondary Teachers to Support Comprehension of Complex Disciplinary Texts
Department
Leadership and Learning
College
College of Education
Date Range
2012-2013
Disciplines
Education
Abstract
In this presentation we describe work to enhance teachers skills in facilitating comprehension of complex texts within their respective disciplines by means of text-based discussion. Participants, 19 middle school and high school content area teachers and teachers who support students with various at-risk and special education designations and their administrators, were concerned with students academic achievement. Conversations revealed that teachers were keen to engage students in higher level thinking around text, valued discussion of text, but were not sure how to do so effectively.
Conference Name
2012 ASHA Convention
Conference Location
Atlanta, GA
ScholarWorks Citation
DeFrance, Nancy and Fahrenbruck, Mary, "Preparing Secondary Teachers to Support Comprehension of Complex Disciplinary Texts" (2013). Faculty Scholarly Dissemination Grants. 1222.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/fsdg/1222
