An Instructional Framework for Reading and Writing to Learn
The first challenge I face in my course is reassuring my students that, although technology can be intimidating, they can master it. The students’ self-ratings on their perceived proficiency before and after the course show me that I am meeting that challenge. The next challenge is one that many content reading instructors face: a class comprising either practicing content teachers or students training to teach a content area, most of whom arrive resistant to the course. A typical comment I hear is “I’m only taking this course because I’m required to. How helpful can this course be to a math teacher, now really?”