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Using Book Talks to Promote High‐level Questioning Skills
Author(s) -
Fischbaugh Rachel
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1598/rt.58.3.7
Subject(s) - psychology , comprehension , ask price , mathematics education , reading comprehension , critical thinking , higher order thinking , pedagogy , socratic questioning , teaching method , reading (process) , linguistics , epistemology , socratic method , philosophy , economy , cognitively guided instruction , economics
Students need to ask high‐level questions in order to develop critical thinking and deep comprehension. To promote high‐level questioning skills, the author used book talks with her fifth‐grade students. This strategy intends to grab the audience's interest and make them want to read.