“You Can Read This Text—I'll Show You How”: Interactive Comprehension Instruction

• DOI: 10.1598/jaal.51.5.1
• Publication Date: 2008-01-31T20:35:26Z
• Authors: Diane Lapp; Douglas Fisher; Maria Grant
• Keywords: 4. Education; 05 social sciences; 0503 education

Shared reading with think‐alouds provides adolescent students with the modeling they need to become successful readers and writers. This article provides a sample of this type of interactive comprehension instruction in a science classroom. The authors then focus on the dimensions of effective shared readings with think‐alouds that can be used across content areas to develop students' comprehension of texts.