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Using Digital Think‐Alouds to Build Comprehension of Online Informational Texts
Author(s) -
White Amber
Publication year - 2015
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.1438
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , reading (process) , reciprocal teaching , psychology , mathematics education , component (thermodynamics) , comprehension , column (typography) , reciprocal , teaching method , electronic publishing , pedagogy , computer science , the internet , linguistics , world wide web , philosophy , telecommunications , physics , frame (networking) , thermodynamics , programming language
The ability to navigate and comprehend online informational text is essential for 21st century learners. It requires orchestrating a mix of old and new reading strategies‐‐and it's easy for teachers and students to feel overwhelmed! This column describes a way of combining student screencasting with Reciprocal Teaching to help students‐‐and teachers‐‐slow down and more deeply explore and understand the component skills of online informational reading.