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Scaffolded Reading Instruction of Content‐Area Texts
Author(s) -
Fisher Douglas,
Frey Nancy
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.1234
Subject(s) - reading (process) , focus (optics) , psychology , column (typography) , mathematics education , content (measure theory) , teaching method , pedagogy , linguistics , computer science , telecommunications , mathematical analysis , philosophy , physics , mathematics , frame (networking) , optics
In this column, we focus on increasing text complexity during scaffolded, small group instruction. We begin with a discussion about the need to adjust expectations for leveled texts for older readers and then focus on the ways in which teachers can accomplish this.