The role of collaboration in children's understanding of informational texts

This study investigated how children collaborated with their peers to read informational texts and complete a variety of reading-related tasks. The kinds of comprehension and monitoring strategies children employed in their reading were of particular interest, especially since they had little prior knowledge about the content of the curriculum--marine animals. Children worked in pairs on three different kinds of tasks: question-answering, error detection and math problem solving. Because they discussed the tasks with each other, their comprehension strategies were made more explicit than is often the case in studies based on individual responses to questions or group discussions.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Goudvis, Anne Kathleen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Pearson, P. David

• Education, Elementary
• Education, Reading
• Education, Curriculum and Instruction

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Goudvis, Anne Kathleen

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9136602
(UMI)AAI9136602

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19225