Focus on Understanding texts: Comprehension and verbal reasoning - Blended learning
Purpose
This online professional learning provides teachers with an understanding of the verbal reasoning skills involved when reading and comprehending texts.
This professional learning is part of the Focus on Understanding texts suite. It is designed to strengthen teacher understanding of the complex cognitive processes involved in reading, and how to explicitly teach these components across all key learning areas.
Who should participate?
Year 3-10 teachers
Mode of delivery
Blended learning - a mix of self-paced and facilitator-led learning
Content
This blended learning course includes 3 self-paced modules and a facilitated session:
- Module 1: Comprehension, verbal reading and the mental model. Self-paced (1.5 hours)
- Module 2: Selecting a text for verbal reasoning. Self-paced (1 hour)
- Module 3: Preparing the text for verbal reasoning. Self-paced (1 hour)
- Module 4: Preparing the students for verbal reasoning in the classroom. Facilitated session (5 hours) - See MyPL for sessions details
Completing this blended learning course will help you to:
- consider the complex metacognitive processes involved in reading comprehension and understand the importance of building a mental model to support understanding
- explore the National Literacy Learning Progression and the Text selection appendix to understand the crucial role you play in selecting the most appropriate, high challenge text to support verbal reasoning
- develop skills in strategic planning and preparing a text for verbal reasoning
explore the cognitive load associated with verbal reasoning and develop strategies to prepare students for verbal reasoning
- develop skills in the explicit teaching of verbal reasoning skills through authentic discussion and strategic questioning including Questioning the Author.
Register for ‘Focus on Understanding texts: Comprehension and verbal reasoning - Blended learning’ via MyPL (course code NR44320)
2024 dates
- Wednesday 20 November 2024, 9:00am to 3:00pm
Dates correct as at 19 September 2024. Some dates may change - refer to MyPL for the latest details.
Contacts
If you have any questions, contact literacy.numeracy@det.nsw.edu.au.