GROUP REFELECTION

After reading the chapter, and discovering various comprehension strategies, we noted that as teachers we had only employed a few within our classrooms. We did not realize that there were so many strategies, and as a result came to the conclusion that we might have failed our students unconsciously.

We could only defend the fact that we only remembered tapping into students’ prior knowledge because we somehow felt it necessary to do so for specific topics, as well as allow them to make predictions and ask questions. We were unaware of these practices, and to top off the cake with icing we were never really given directives as to how to perform certain tasks.

We allowed them to visualize, ask questions and make connections by asking them to draw or dramatize a particular aspect of a play or novel we were studying and they would mot frequently transpose it into their everyday situations. We always provided opportunities for practice and gave demonstrations although at times we were scolded for it.

Furthermore, we believe that although we tried, we did not try hard enough. We have considered the fact that we all need to employ new teaching strategies and attempt to incorporate all the cognitive processes to enable our students to be better strategic readers and writers. As much as we suppose we have failed the students, we think that other teachers have done the same in this regard, and that new measures should be implemented in an effort to aid the students in developing the foundation for acquiring knowledge.