Improving Reading through Thinking Aloud

Effects of training in thinking aloud on the development of reading skills were examined for 64 sixth graders in 2 Finnish towns. Trainees adopted five of seven text processing strategies they were taught and were most responsive when the trainer modeled thinking aloud and guided students in the act...

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Published inLearning and instruction Vol. 2; no. 2; p. 69
Main Authors Silven, Maarit, Vauras, Marja
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1992
Subjects
Elementary Education
Elementary School Students
Finland
Foreign Countries
Grade 6
Intermediate Grades
Learning Strategies
Modeling (Psychology)
Prior Learning
Protocol Analysis
Reading Improvement
Text Processing (Reading)
Thinking Skills
Training
Transfer of Training
Finland
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Summary:Effects of training in thinking aloud on the development of reading skills were examined for 64 sixth graders in 2 Finnish towns. Trainees adopted five of seven text processing strategies they were taught and were most responsive when the trainer modeled thinking aloud and guided students in the activity. (SLD)
ISSN:0959-4752
DOI:10.1016/0959-4752(92)90024-G