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This article explores the importance of explicit instruction in reading and how it differs from whole language approaches. It discusses the characteristics of explicit instruction and provides examples of implicit reading instruction methods. The article emphasizes the active process of reading and the role of metacognition in developing reading skills.
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EDRD 597 – WK # 10 • Opener • Mid-Term projects presented • Reading Article # 11 • Fran Pettigrew’s video from TFL • Assignment: Article # 10 • Closure
The Role of Explicit Instruction in Reading • Whole language: emphasis on authentic, literacy-rich environments, accompanied by embedded phonics instruction • Explicit instruction: underscores explicit modeling of information processing
Implicit Instruction • Rooted in the progressive movement, which focused on children and their experience rather than on children and the curriculum.
Samples of Implicit Reading Instruction • Whole language • Language experience • Literary response theory • Extensive reading • Free voluntary reading
Characteristics of Explicit Instruction • Reading is an active process that involves readers’ interaction with text to produce meaning • Thinking about thinking • Reader uses declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge • Raises learners’ metacognitive ability