Describe the process of Reciprocal Teaching. Summarize the teacher's role in the process
What will be an ideal response?
The four activities that are key in reciprocal teaching are as follows:
1. predicting: begins the discussions based on
2. titles or subheadings
3. group's prior knowledge or information pertaining to the topic
4. experience with similar kinds of information
5. questioning: one student leads the discussion of each portion of the text. Students respond to each other's questions and raise new questions.
6. Summarizing: the discussion leader summarizes the text and the teacher invites other students to comment or elaborate
7. Clarifying: if any concept or vocabulary is unclear , the groups discusses until clarity is achieved.
The teacher's role during reciprocal teaching:
1. The teacher and students share responsibility for acquiring the strategies employed in reciprocal teaching
2. The teacher initially assumes major responsibility for teaching these strategies but gradually transfers responsibility to the students
3. The teacher expects all students to participate in the discussion and gives all of them the opportunity to lead it.
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