8 Summary

This unit has looked at the importance of using active reading strategies to develop student understanding. You were introduced to types of active reading strategies that will enable you to make the most of science textbooks and other sources of text. You should now find opportunities to practice these strategies for yourself with your students. You were introduced to the notion of scaffolding and shown how to scaffold a question based on an active reading strategy to support the active reading of lower-attaining students. The examples in this unit are related to the active reading of textbooks and student worksheets but you can apply these techniques to any other text based resources that you have in your classroom.

Identify two techniques or strategies you have learned in this unit that you might use in your classroom in the next two weeks.