Creating Opportunities For Learning: Play As A Scaffold For Format Based Informational Text Features

<p>Abstract</p> <p>A play intervention was used with second grade students to help them develop a deeper understanding of format based informational text features. On Day 1 of the intervention, groups of students role played as reporters as they observed classmates at play. During Days 2 - 5 of the intervention, the same students wrote an informational book about the play they had observed. A pre-interview was used to determine which format based informational text features were noticed and/or explained by the students in an informational trade book. The text features that were included in the trade book were: table of contents, heading, photograph, diagram, bold words, glossary, index and labels. On the post-interview, conducted months after the intervention, all groups increased the number of text features noticed and/or explained. Analysis of the discussions during Days 2 - 5 was conducted to see what aspect of the intervention was responsible for the increased score on the post-interview. For some students, hearing other members of the group mention a text feature during the intervention was the catalyst for learning that text feature. For other students, text features were noticed on the post-interview that were never mentioned during the intervention by group members. For those students, the play itself created opportunities for developing a greater understanding of format based text features.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Elementary Education

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Dandalides, Susan Fisher

Contributors dc:contributor

• Poonam Arya

• format based text features
• play
• reading
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1287

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-2286