Reading in the Elementary Classroom Chapter Two: Passage ...
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<strong>Chapter</strong> <strong>Two</strong>: Th<strong>in</strong>k It Over<br />
1. What characteristics of Jesus’ teach<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dicate that He was sensitive to <strong>the</strong> learners’<br />
background knowledge and experiences?<br />
2. How did Jesus’ sensitivity to His listeners’ background experiences help connect <strong>the</strong><br />
known (learners’ background experiences) with <strong>the</strong> unknown (new knowledge)?<br />
Provide examples from Scripture.<br />
3. What types of question<strong>in</strong>g strategies did Jesus use <strong>in</strong> His teach<strong>in</strong>g? Compare Jesus’<br />
question<strong>in</strong>g strategies with <strong>the</strong> three-fold, four-fold, or Bloom’s Taxonomy model of<br />
question<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
4. Though many educators (Edelsky et al., 1991; Goodman, 1996) have said that learn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
to read is a natural process, like learn<strong>in</strong>g to talk, why do some researchers (Stanovich,<br />
1995) oppose this po<strong>in</strong>t of view?<br />
5. How did Jesus know if His followers truly comprehended his teach<strong>in</strong>g?<br />
6. How can a read<strong>in</strong>g teacher truly know if his or her students are truly comprehend<strong>in</strong>g a<br />
passage?<br />
7. Describe <strong>the</strong> benefits and liabilities of factual recall, “on <strong>the</strong> l<strong>in</strong>es”, or “right <strong>the</strong>re”<br />
question<strong>in</strong>g. How do <strong>the</strong>se benefits and liabilities parallel our spiritual lives?<br />
8. What additional passage comprehension strategies are you aware of? Choose one and<br />
describe how it works.<br />
9. Of everyth<strong>in</strong>g you read <strong>in</strong> this chapter, what was <strong>the</strong> most useful <strong>in</strong>formation to you and<br />
why?<br />
10. What aspect of passage comprehension would you like to know more about?<br />
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