Comparing two teacher development programs for innovating reading comprehension instruction with regard to teachers’ experiences and student outcomes☆

In this study, we compared intensive teacher course (35 hours) and restricted practice (13 hours) throughout the year. This was designed based on the research results of effective professional development of the teacher. Both courses were developed to innovate reading instruction at elementary school. Fourteen junior high school second graders and six fifth grader teachers participated. The results showed that the two conditions are equally effective in altering student reading comprehension, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategy use and recognition of self-efficacy. The experience of the teacher in the professional development course is also equal in both cases. It shows that there are major differences, but teachers participating in limited vocational training courses are experiencing more work to solve innovation.

This research is part of a longer-term study to study the influence of Flanders (Belgium)'s innovative reading instruction program on cognitive, social and emotional development of elementary school children. This research is supported by research grants from the Flanders Science Research Foundation.

Direct / clear instruction is the basic feature of reading educational programs to help struggling students become better readers. Direct / clear guidance is an aggressive and reflexive teacher that teachers recognize that reading is an interactive process and that students can teach effectively that it is a strategy to understand text Approach. Direct / clear instruction will help students interact and understand and understand written languages. The teaching method used depends on the student's ability, the text of reading, the purpose of reading, the background of reading, but the teacher provides effective direct / clear guidance in important areas of phoneme recognition, speech, fluency You can provide. Focus on vocabulary and understanding as follows. (2002 Heilman, A. W., Blair, T.R. & Rupley, W.R. (2002). Principles and practices of reading (ed.), 10

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