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Collaborative Reading and Writing

Collaborative Reading and Writing Methods: Cooperative Reading Methods:

  1. Reciprocal Teaching or Questioning

    1. students and teacher switch roles; teacher models questions

  2. READER-READERS, SQ3R, PQ4R

    1. review, eval main ideas, ask q's, draw conclusions.

  3. Cooperative Scripts/MURDER (Mood, Understand, Recall, Digest, Expand, Review)

    1. Cooperative Learning Scripts
    2. Cooperative Teaching Scripts

  4. Group Reading with different purposes (e.g., a management scenario with diff roles)

  5. Structured Controversy

    1. Read diff sides of a case & debate; switch sides; compromise

Collaborative Writing

  1. Knowledge/Database Creation

    1. Search Reference Books and Create DataBase

  2. Peer Editing/Feedback

    1. Share with peer who attempts to summarize & provide self-q's

  3. Electronic Collaboration: Delayed or Realtime

    1. FirstClass, databases, e-mail, bulletin boards, forums

  4. Publish Class Critiques, Thought Papers, or a Class Newsletters

    1. Group Feedback

  5. Group creates draft and individuals revise

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