Strategy : Reciprocal Teaching

Explanation/Purpose: Four main components go into reciprocal teaching. They are prediction, question generating, clarifying and summarizing so that students will get to understand a particular piece of text. These strategies are taught so there is no sole reliance on the teacher. It helps to formulate questions in response to the text and involves a lot of interaction with the other students.

How it looks in the classroom: Students gradually assume the role of the teacher in helping their peers construct meaning from the text. The students apply these comprehension strategies while teachers scaffold (Vygotsky) or play a less significant part in the learning process and so developing more independent learners who can use the support network of the teacher if so wished.

When? : Before, during & after

Weblink with further reading and examples:

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Reading/Reading%20Strategies/reciprocal%20teaching.htm