question archive Directions: Answer discussion questions in 150 words each and responses in 100 words
Directions: Answer discussion questions in 150 words each and responses in 100 words
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Directions: Answer discussion questions in 150 words each and responses in 100 words. First discussion question is due within 8 hours, the other questions is due within 30 hours. Must use references for discussion questions APA intext citations.
Reading Education
Discussion Questions
1. What is meant by quantitative and qualitative measures in the evaluation of a text for a lesson? Define and provide examples.
2. One way to help students make connections and to deepen comprehension is to pair texts. This can be used to compare fiction to fiction, non-fiction to fiction, or non-fiction to non-fiction. Do you feel this supports literacy development in all content areas? Why or why not?
Response from Professor
How do you decide if the content of a text is appropriate for your students or not? What is the criteria? Again, how would you decide on the content and not readability?
Response to Question 1
1. Jill wrote: Written text complexity can be measured by quantitative and qualitative means. Quantitative text complexity can be evaluated by assessing word and sentence length, word frequency and cohesion of text. Using indicators such as the Lexile Framework for Reading can assign a numerical value to a text’s complexity. Qualitative measures of texts refer to the levels of meaning or purpose for the writing, the text structure, clarity and language conventions and demands for prior knowledge in order to understand the text (“What is Test Complexity?”, 2011). By combining qualitative and quantitative measures of text complexity, an educator is able to evaluate in a piece of literature or information writing would best suit the readers present in the classroom. As students transition through their academic career, they should be introduced to more increasingly complex texts. In order to best accomplish this task, educators should evaluate pieces of writing and then facilitate the needed strategies to comprehend the texts.
Response to Question 2
1. Kaitlyn wrote: Yes, I believe comparing texts can be beneficial to developing literacy in all content areas. The reason I feel this way is because I think that all texts are beneficial to students, whether they are fiction or non-fiction. Comparing will only rejuvenate the differences and shed light on the importance of each text. "Fiction goes beyond factual accounts and allows readers to experience scientific, historical and other kinds of thinking in living color." (Gillis & others, pg. 323) It can help develop others identities and life experiences. While non-fictional texts are based solely on facts, compairing these two can make for an interesting debate, and topics to possibly write essays or papers on. Compairing texts can show engage students in other ways that fictional texts can give other insight to the nonfictional ideas. Furthermore, compairing texts can deepen discussions within the classroom and produce higher-order thinking. I think it is absolutely a beneficial way to deepen literacy in the classroom, along with comprehension of texts.
