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Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking. Apprenticing CT Reading through Reading Circles. What is a reading circle?. A reading circle (also called a literature circle) is a group of students who are reading the same text.

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Critical Thinking

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  1. Critical Thinking Apprenticing CT Reading through Reading Circles

  2. What is a reading circle? • A reading circle (also called a literature circle) is a group of students who are reading the same text. • When they meet, they discuss the parts of the book they have read and plan for the next session. “The [reading] circle is a student-centered cooperative learning reading activity for a group of four or more students.

  3. What is a reading circle? • Each member of a circle is assigned a specific aspect of critical reading. • Reading circles “provide a way for students to engage in critical thinking and reflection as they read, discuss, and respond to [texts]. Students reshape and add onto their understanding as they construct meaning with other readers in their group.” http://drscavanaugh.org/lit_cir/literature_circle.htm

  4. How CT Reading Circle Tasks Differ from Traditional Reading Circles

  5. Reading circles benefit • Students by • breaking down a very complex task (reading critically) into manageable parts, • giving students the chance to discuss the reading tasks for peer feedback, • allowing students to negotiate meaning • developing confidence in their own interpretations • giving opportunities for apprenticing critical thinking in the context of academic discussion .

  6. Reading Circles benefit • Teachers by • allowing teachers to spend class time with smaller groups of students, • making students more responsible for their own work, • reducing students’ complaints, • reducing time spent grading.

  7. Why Apprenticing? • It takes years for a student to be able to read critically and write substantively. • Research shows that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to master something (Outliers, Gladwell, M.) • Every chance to hone these essential intellectual skills is contributing to those 10,000 hours.

  8. Apprenticing for L2 Students • The language requirements of CT are very challenging – especially for non-native speakers of English. • Paraphrasing particularly difficult • Terminology L2 students often lacking vocabulary depth

  9. Do the CT Reading Circles work for Technology and Science Reading? • Yes, especially for professional critiques/reviews, for example • http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1684/1/tp2Ja.pdf

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