Graduate Project Title
Teaching Comprehension by Incorporating Story Grammar into a DRTA Lesson Format
Document Type
Graduate Project
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1991
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
Committee Chair
Randy Wallace
Second Committee Member
Osman Alawiye
Third Committee Member
Franklin D. Carlson
Abstract
This project presents a teaching procedure which should improve primarylevel reading comprehension. This procedure combines a framework of story grammar as a guide for implementing the Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) lesson format. Literature is reviewed which illustrates the effectiveness of story grammar when used to teach comprehension, and describes the effectiveness of DRTA to promote active comprehension. By combining both story grammar and DRTA, a procedure is developed and ten example lessons are produced.
Recommended Citation
Neal, Sharon Kay, "Teaching Comprehension by Incorporating Story Grammar into a DRTA Lesson Format" (1991). All Graduate Projects. 357.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/graduate_projects/357
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Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons