ANALYZING READING BELIEFS

By: Dereque Falls

Reading Methods Evaluating Reading Beliefs- An Interview Breaking Down Written Language Continuum of Beliefs

Bottom-up Top-down Interactive

Analyzing Your Interview Classroom Use

What Are Your Beliefs? Understanding How Reading in Taught in Your

Classroom “Beliefs About Reading Interview”

Follow the directions in the pamphlet in front of you. The responses are for your own use, answer in the

way you see fit. Bullets Short Sentences Thoughts/Ideas

We will score the “Interview” later in the presentation.

Units of Written Language

Whole Text

Paragraphs

Sentences

Words

Letters

Units of Language Determining Your Style & Beliefs Importance based determined by style Can a student understand the text

without understanding the words? As in the figure do these units build on

one another or are they separate entities?

Beliefs Continuum

Bottom-up

Interactive

Top-down

Reading Belief Comparison

Decode Letters & Words Before Meaning

Word Recognition Accuracy Prerequisite

Instructionally Emphasize Letter-Sound & Word Identification

Correction of Oral Reading Errors

Teacher Choice Material

Reading for Meaning is Essential

Read, Write, Speak, & Listen in all Activities

Instructionally Emphasize Sentences, Paragraphs, & Text Selection

Context Clues, Noninterference, Low Oral Correction

Student Choice Material- Enjoyment is Key

Bottom-up Top-down

Combining Bottom-up & Top-down

Interactive Between Bottom-up

& Top-down Letter-sound and

Meaning Interact Making Sense of

What is Read To understand, the

student must understand the reading process

Phonics

Explicit Instruction Integrative Process

Scaffolding Reading, Writing,

Speaking, and Listening

Level 3 – comes in separately – add a graphic to come in with it

Equilibrium Achieved

Survey Score Guide

References http://

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Belief Systems and Approaches to Literacy Instruction Handout