ASSESSING THE READING PROCESS
TT6 PODCAST INTERVIEW from DR. BAKER with BETH SCOTT
Dr. Scott's Concern for Assessing Students
Dr. Beth Scott
She used 4 techniques to research how students can be assessed on their thinking while reading. The techniques are as follows:
1. Think Out Loud
2. Interview
3. Error Detection Test
4. QuestionnairesTHINK OUT LOUD
Think Out Loud allows students restate and/or elaborate what they have read during the think out loud. This can be done by making a connection with the character, setting and/or objects in the story. This technique really allow students to connect to the text.
INTERVIEW
Interview is a post reading technique. It takes place after the students have read the story. After the students read the story the teacher ask specific questions that relates to what they are thinking about when they were reading. This technique provides meta-cognition results that help the teacher determine how students are thinking and what strategies students use to figure out something.
ERROR DETECTION TEST
Error Detection Test is a technique that require students to identify errors in text. The podcast use the following two sentences as an example:
- “Mother put the baby in the baby carriage.”
- “The mother put my in the baby carriage.”
Students that monitor their reading will recognize that the word “my” does not make sense in the sentence. The error detection test was considered ineffective to assess the text process due to student’s response.
QUESTIONNAIRE
Questionnaire is a technique that comes in a variety of forms, but the researcher talked about the question stems. The question stems is a question or statement that relates to the written text and contain 4 possible responses. The students must select the best response to answer the question and/or statement.
BEST TECHNIQUES TO ASSESS THE READING PROCESS
During research, Dr. Scott found the best result for assessing student’s reading process was combining techniques. The researcher was able to assess students reading process effectively when she use the questionnaire technique whole class, followed by an individual think out loud and interview.
PRINCIPALS, POLICY MAKERS AAND PARENTAL SUPPORT
Principals and Policy Makers should support Dr. Scott's research because it uses multiple resources for assessing reading and other subjects.
The techniques help teachers plan lessons, and helps students to comprehend what they have read.
Parents should support the techniques because they help students verbalize what they are reading to them, which develop public speaking skills.