Reading Audit Research Hub Close Reading

Find reports and links to best-practice in relation to Close Reading below:

• About Close Reading
  

  Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. (2017). Close Reading. [online] Available at: https://images.scholastic.co.uk/assets/a/09/f2/rl-1618971.pdf [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

• The Effects of Comprehension Through Close Reading
  The ability for students to comprehend what is being read is an essential skill that is necessary for success in academics and career readiness. It is crucial that each student knows how to read and derive meaning from a text. This study examines the question: how can close reading a text be used to improve students’ comprehension? Audio recordings, discussions, and interviews proved differences between the students’ comprehension of a text through a close read and a general reading strategy. The findings showed improvement in the students’ understanding of a text and provides implications that the teachers should evolve instructional practices to meet the needs of the common core and allow for students to become confident in reading harder texts.
  

  Dakin, Caitlin (2013). The Effects of Comprehension Through Close Reading. [online] Fisher Digital Publications. Available at: http://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=education_ETD_masters [Accessed 23 Aug. 2017].

• Supporting Students in Close Reading
  This resource is one in a series produced by the Center for Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI). The series’ goal is to assist teachers and those who support teachers to plan teaching and learning for diverse learners from the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This resource guides teachers in the process of instructional planning for close reading with students.
  

  Jones, B., Chang, S., Heritage, M. and Tobiason, G. (2017). Supporting Students in Close Re. [online] csai-online.org. Available at: http://www.csai-online.org/sites/default/files/resource/38/Supporting%20Students%20in%20Close%20Reading.pdf [Accessed 23 Aug. 2017].

• Two journal publications from Fisher & Frey, first on Close Reading and the second on Close Reading in Elementary Schools
  

  Frey, Nancy and Fisher, Douglas (2012). Close Reading. [online] Principal Leadership. 13(5). 57-59. Available at: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/fisher-and-frey/documents/close_read.pdf [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].
  Frey, Nancy and Fisher, Douglas (2012). Close Reading in Elementary Schools. [online] The Reading Teacher. 66. 179-188. Available at: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/fisher-and-frey/documents/close_reading_elem.pdf [Accessed 24 Aug. 2017].

• An exploration of close reading strategies and 3rd grade comprehension
  This research case study was conducted to explore how Close Reading Strategies support 3rd grade Basic Skills students’ comprehension. The purposes of the study were to first determine if utilizing the rereading and text questioning strategies would support students’ comprehension while reading complex texts. Secondly, to determine if annotating in the margins of the text would support comprehension as the students reflected on their thinking. The students were of varying abilities of below grade level readers and one student was an ELL below grade level and challenged by language meaning difficulty. The students were reading on an end first grade level with comprehension difficulty. The study revealed that rereading was of a significant support to comprehension as the strategy enabled students to gain additional meaning of the text and vocabulary each time the texts were read.
  

  Houck, Loretta Cecilia (2017). An exploration of close reading strategies and 3rd grade comprehension. [online] Rowan University. Available at: http://rdw.rowan.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3352&context=etd [Accessed 23 Aug. 2017].

• The Effects of Comprehension Through Close Reading
  This study examines the question: how can close reading a text be used to improve childrens’ comprehension? Audio recordings, discussions, and interviews proved differences between the childrens’ comprehension of a text through a close read and a general reading strategy. The findings show improvement in the childrens’ understanding of a text and provide implications that the teachers should evolve instructional practices to meet the needs of the common core and allow for children to become confident in reading harder texts.
  

  Dakin, Caitlin (2013). The Effects of Comprehension Through Close Reading. [online] St. John Fisher College. Available at: https://fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1238&context=education_ETD_masters [Accessed 9 Dec. 2019].

• A Close Look at Close Reading: Scaffolding Children with Complex Texts
  This document takes a detailed look into what Close Reading involves and how to implement it in a classroom setting.

  Beth Burke NBCT. A Close Look at Close Reading: Scaffolding Children with Complex Texts. [online] Available at::https://nieonline.com/tbtimes/downloads/CCSS_reading.pdf [Accessed 9 Dec. 2019].

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