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What is the Response-Based Approach?
What is the Response-Based Approach?
It involves critical thought and the consideration of many possibilities in teaching literature.
Which of the following is NOT a guideline for instruction in the Response-Based Approach?
Which of the following is NOT a guideline for instruction in the Response-Based Approach?
- Begin with students' initial impressions.
- Focus on teaching what students have left out. (correct)
- Encourage speculation and hunches.
- Use students' writing for understanding.
The Response-Based Approach encourages teachers to be mere information providers.
The Response-Based Approach encourages teachers to be mere information providers.
False (B)
In the Response-Based Approach, teachers should begin with students' ______ to validate their attempts to understand.
In the Response-Based Approach, teachers should begin with students' ______ to validate their attempts to understand.
What is one of the major sections of the Response-Based Approach?
What is one of the major sections of the Response-Based Approach?
What should teachers encourage during literary discussions?
What should teachers encourage during literary discussions?
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Response-Based Approach Overview
- Encourages critical thought distinct from traditional academic subjects.
- Prioritizes open-ended questioning, inviting multiple interpretations from students.
- Emphasizes experiential learning, allowing students to feel the historical context of the literature.
- Centers on students' shared inquiries and interpretations, fostering discussion.
- Aims to develop multiple perspectives, enhancing literary analysis through personal insights.
Major Sections of Response-Based Approach
- Inviting Initial Understandings: Encouraging students to share their first impressions and responses.
- Developing Interpretations: Guiding students to deepen their understanding through collaborative discussion.
- Taking a Critical Stance: Encouraging thoughtful analysis and critique of the literature.
Guidelines for Instruction
- Utilize class time for discussion of student understandings rather than dictating content.
- Encourage a blend of written expression and dialogue to capture students' interpretations.
- Begin instruction by validating students' initial impressions to foster engagement.
- Move beyond initial ideas through guidance, promoting attentive listening and discussion.
- Position teachers as facilitators rather than mere providers of information.
- Promote speculation and hunches, allowing students to explore their thoughts.
- Focus questioning on students' existing knowledge and respond to their contributions.
- Embrace the complexity of literature by encouraging critical thinking through questioning and exploration.
- Foster mature discussions by prompting clarification and sustained engagement.
Teaching Strategies
- Create context for reading by integrating personal, historical, cultural, or conceptual elements.
- Aim to facilitate understanding through relatable connections to enhance comprehension.
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