Reciprocal Teaching
Overview
Through reciprocal teaching, learners practice guiding group discussions using four learning strategies: predicting, generating questions, clarifying, and summarizing.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
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Use It in the Classroom
Watch elementary students use reciprocal teaching to dive deeply into a reading discussion. By facilitating a highly participatory discussion over a shared text, students focus their Attention on comprehending the text. Students also practice their Verbal Reasoning when using the four reciprocal teaching strategies.
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Factors Supported by this Strategy
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As students walk through stations working in small groups, the social and physical nature of the learning supports deeper understanding.
To promote acceptance of learning diversity, students explore learning tools and strategies to see how they work and why they and others might use them.
A talking piece passed around a circle invites equal participation.
Students develop reading skills by listening to and speaking with others in informal ways.
