Understanding SWI: “Structured Word Inquiry” or “Scientific Word Investigation” “Structured word inquiry” (commonly referred to as SWI) is the term I used to describe the instruction I used in the Grade 4-5 morphological intervention study I conducted with John Kirby (Bowers & Kirby, 2010). If you read that article, you will see that from the…
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Reciprocal teaching refers to an instructional activity in which students become the teacher in small group reading sessions. Teachers model, then help students learn to guide group discussions using four strategies: summarising, question generating, clarifying, and predicting. Once students have learned the strategies, they take turns assuming the role of teacher in leading a dialogue…