ERIC Number: EJ758480
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jan
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-0887-2376
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Summarizing with Drawings: A Reading-Comprehension Strategy
Elliott, Janine
Science Scope, v30 n5 p23-27 Jan 2007
When teachers ask their students to read something in class, they often encounter students who just wait for everyone else to finish reading before they do. These type of students are the ones most likely to dislike reading and they are just content to wait it out. Teachers may counteract this by requiring students to answer questions in writing or by requiring them to skim the reading until they find the answers. In this article, the author shares a strategy she developed to motivate students and engage them in the reading process. Her strategy requires students to read an article and then draw pictures that summarize the main ideas of what they had read. (Contains 6 figures and 6 resources.)
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes, Reading Instruction, Reading Motivation, Freehand Drawing, Teaching Methods, Middle School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Middle Schools
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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