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L517: Advanced Study of the Teaching of Secondary School Reading INSTRUCTIONAL READING STRATEGY: STANCE QUESTIONS FOR DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES |
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Description of Stance Questions for Different PerspectivesAccording
to Langer (1995, 1990), asking stance questions can help readers improve their
comprehension. Stance questions are questions that are based on four different
stances that readers take while reading:
It is important to note that there is no sequential hierarchy of stances. Rather, they are part of the whole repertoire of ways of thinking. They represent what readers do at every developmental level. The ways in which readers respond are similar across grade and developmental levels. Langer,
J. 1990. The process of understanding: Reading for literary and informative
purposes. Research in the Teaching of English 24, 229-257.
Langer,
J. 1995. Envisioning literature. New York: Teachers College Press.
Purpose for Asking Stance QuestionsThe purpose of asking stance questions is to encourage students to approach a text from several perspectives. Asking stance questions will help students construct, extend and examine meaning.
How to Ask Stance QuestionsA question for a particular stance should reflect the level of understanding that that stance encompasses.
Ask
stance questions regularly with students in discussion groups, written journal
responses, and ongoing assessments. Avoid having students merely answer the
questions. Without discussion and opportunities for students to provide evidence
for their thinking, the stances become stilted and offer little help to readers.
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Last updated:
06/07/2006, by Jennifer Conner
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Comments: jmconner@indiana.edu
Copyright 2006, Jennifer Conner
