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TEACHING MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO READ & WRITE WELL
It is important to understand that any 1 of these features can be successful, however, the 6 features are interrelated and supportive of one another. Integrating all the features will effect the most improvement in student performance.
Students learn how to think about, approach, a do the work successfully.
Successful teachers share and discuss rubrics for evaluating performance with students.
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Researchers identified 6 features of instruction that differentiated student performance in the higher performing school.
Students learn strategies for doing the work.
Teachers study the standards & expectations of tests and actively incorporate those skills into the curriculum.
However,
1 school outperformed the other on high stakes standardized tests of English skills.
Successful teachers do not separate test preparation from active learning lessons.
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Teachers integrate test preparation into instruction
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This article is the result of research done on 2 demographically similar schools.
Successful teachers recognize the importance of allowing students to learn how to work together.
Classrooms foster cognitive collaboration
Students learn to interact and listen to one another; thoughtful dialogue can enrich lesson understanding and support learning.
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Students are encouraged to extend literary understanding by discussing points of view, deepening research, and questioning initial interpretations.
Students are expected to be generative thinkers.
After performance goals are met, successful teachers encourage students by directing them to activities that require creative and critical use of students' knowledge and skills.
Teachers work together to redevelop and redesign curriculum that meets students' needs.
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Students learn skills and knowledge in multiple lesson types
Successful teachers use a variety of different teaching approaches based on students' needs.
Teachers make connections across instruction, curriculum, and life.
Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well
by Langer, Close, Angelis, and Preller
Types of Activities:
Separated
Simulated
Integrated
Successful teachers
seek to connect lessons to test demands,
larger curriculum,
and students' growing knowledge and skills.