Why Is Round-Robin Reading Important?

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Book clubs are a great way to have kids learning collaboratively with their peers. When students work in book clubs, the learning that takes place comes more naturally. An example of such learning is determining the meaning of the text or gaining a deeper understanding of the text. In book clubs, the main goal is to build an interpretation of a text by visualizing and talking about the text with peers (O'Donnell-Allen, 2006, p.13). Since about 1979, round-robin reading has not been recommended as a teaching strategy in classrooms (Opitz, & Guccione, 2009). First of all, struggling readers find reading out loud to be embarrassing. Their reading can be hard to understand as pronunciation of difficult words is a challenge for them. The pacing when students read …show more content…
Although struggling readers do need more practice, reading aloud in front of their peers is not found to be an effective method of achieving that goal (O'Donnell-Allen, 2006, pp.13-14). Second, if a text is at an appropriate reading level for students to read out loud, they should be capable of reading it independently. If a text is above the reading level of the student and it is too hard for a students to read independently, it is recommended that the teacher read the text as a read aloud for the class . Round-robin reading can be tedious and boring for all students involved and many students often lose interest in the text (Opitz, & Guccione, 2009). In book clubs, occasionally the teacher will read part of the text with the group to model interpretation or comprehension of a text, however, most of the reading students do for book clubs is done independently before the scheduled meeting time where the students then hold a student-centered conversation (O'Donnell-Allen, 2006, p.7). Raphael, (2001), explains that educators find book clubs to be effective because they offer students a chance to be readers that have an opportunity to apply skills that they are learning through social interaction (Raphael,

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