Introduction
Informational Text Comprehension
EDU 6200
Summer 2017
Haley Pitts Jefcoat
William Carey University Introduction
Purpose Statement The purpose of this research is to further examine the perceptions teachers have on the challenges students face with comprehended informational text and how instructional strategies effect student informational text comprehension.
Justification
Researchers and educators are increasingly recognizing the importance of informational text. According to the Common Core State Standards, students in the fourth grade should be spending half their time reading informational texts; therefore, children are beginning to be exposed to this type writing at earlier ages (Gambrell & Newman, 2013). Current research …show more content…
(2017). Text is defined as the original wording of anything printed or written (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2017). Therefore, informational text is a smaller category within the genre of nonfiction writing. The main purpose of informational text is to provide factual knowledge to the reader about nature or society. Comprehension is an individual’s ability to understand something (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2017). Furthermore, it will be important to understand the definition of instructional strategies which has been defined as a process or manner by which an instruction module, instruction phase, or an entire course is delivered, and which may include a conference, demonstration, discussion, lecture, etc. It is also referred to as the technique of delivery (Online Business Dictionary-BusinessDictionary.com, 2017).
References
Conradi, K. and Liebfreund, M.D. (2016). Component Skills Affecting Elementary Students’ Informational Text Comprehension. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 29(6), 1141-1160.
Gambrell, L.B., and Neuman, S.B. (2013). Quality Reading Instruction in the Age of Common Core Standards. Newark, Del: International Reading Association.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (2017) Retrieved 2017, June 20 from https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/informational
Online Business Dictionary-BusinessDictionary.com. (2017). Business Dictionary. Retrieved 2017, June 22 from
Informational Text Comprehension
EDU 6200
Summer 2017
Haley Pitts Jefcoat
William Carey University Introduction
Purpose Statement The purpose of this research is to further examine the perceptions teachers have on the challenges students face with comprehended informational text and how instructional strategies effect student informational text comprehension.
Justification
Researchers and educators are increasingly recognizing the importance of informational text. According to the Common Core State Standards, students in the fourth grade should be spending half their time reading informational texts; therefore, children are beginning to be exposed to this type writing at earlier ages (Gambrell & Newman, 2013). Current research …show more content…
(2017). Text is defined as the original wording of anything printed or written (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2017). Therefore, informational text is a smaller category within the genre of nonfiction writing. The main purpose of informational text is to provide factual knowledge to the reader about nature or society. Comprehension is an individual’s ability to understand something (Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2017). Furthermore, it will be important to understand the definition of instructional strategies which has been defined as a process or manner by which an instruction module, instruction phase, or an entire course is delivered, and which may include a conference, demonstration, discussion, lecture, etc. It is also referred to as the technique of delivery (Online Business Dictionary-BusinessDictionary.com, 2017).
References
Conradi, K. and Liebfreund, M.D. (2016). Component Skills Affecting Elementary Students’ Informational Text Comprehension. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 29(6), 1141-1160.
Gambrell, L.B., and Neuman, S.B. (2013). Quality Reading Instruction in the Age of Common Core Standards. Newark, Del: International Reading Association.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (2017) Retrieved 2017, June 20 from https://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/informational
Online Business Dictionary-BusinessDictionary.com. (2017). Business Dictionary. Retrieved 2017, June 22 from