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This multimedia overview introduces the importance of providing a motivating, engaging environment for reading and facilitating high-quality text discussions. It describes the features of engaging classrooms and factors that contribute to effective text discussion. This practice also contains four tools to support improvements to K-3 Reading Comprehension.
(From Doing What Works at WestEd-Content was developed by the Innovation Studies Program at WestEd in partnership with American Institutes for Research and RMC Research Corporation. This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education under contract numbers ED-PEP-11-C-0068 and ED-04-CO-0060/0003. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of IES or the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.)
This multimedia overview introduces the importance of providing a motivating, engaging environment for reading and facilitating high-quality text discussions. It describes the features of engaging classrooms and factors that contribute to effective text discussion. This practice also contains four tools to support improvements to K-3 Reading Comprehension.
(From Doing What Works at WestEd-Content was developed by the Innovation Studies Program at WestEd in partnership with American Institutes for Research and RMC Research Corporation. This project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education under contract numbers ED-PEP-11-C-0068 and ED-04-CO-0060/0003. The content of this publication does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of IES or the U.S. Department of Education nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.)
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Video 8: Form Small Groups [Grade 3]")
