Reading Apprenticeship at TCC: Think-Aloud
Think-Aloud Definition and Use
Think-Aloud encourages readers to engage in metacognitive conversations as they talk out loud about what they are thinking in their heads as they interact with the text. This makes the "invisible" process of reading more visible. Instructors model a Think-Aloud before students do a pair and share or small group discussion. Over time, using Think-Alouds deepens readers' thinking, metacognitive conversations and reading comprehension.
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Websites about Think Alouds
- Building Reading Comprehension Through Think Alouds Lesson PlanFrom ReadWriteThink.org website.
- Classroom Strategies: Think AloudThis website from AdLit.org (All About Adolescent Literacy) contains info about one of the RA strategies
(Think Alouds) including online and video examples. Visit AdLit.org's collection of classroom and reading strategies. - Guidelines and Student Handouts for Implementing Read-Aloud Strategies in Your ClassBy Jeffrey Wilhelm, author of the Think-Aloud Strategies book.
- Study Guide for Improving Comprehension with Think Aloud StrategiesThis is a study guide is for the book by the same time by Jeffrey Wilhelm. From the Scholastic website.
- Think AloudFrom the West Virginia Dept. of Education.
- Using Think-Alouds to Improve Reading ComprehensionBy Roger Farr and Jenny Conner on the ReadingRockets.org website.
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