Reciprocal Teaching
Effective Teaching & Learning Practice | Instructional Practice
Reciprocal
Teaching
Definition
Reciprocal teaching is an
effective teaching/ learning
practice and is defined as
students summarizing,
questioning, clarifying, and
predicting; they take turns
being the teacher.
Research
Achieved Criterion
Performance
80%
Reciprocal Teaching in Practice
I thought the
chapter would be
about space travel
since it was called
Shooting for the
Stars.
19%
0%
Reciprocal
Teaching
Are there any
words or terms
you are unsure of?
Clarify
Do you think the
text is related to
the title Shooting
for the Stars?
What math
operations are
needed to solve
this problem?
Question
60%
20%
Predict
I would like to
know what the
phrase “naked
eye” means?
71%
40%
Does this problem
remind you of any
other math
problems you have
solved in the past?
Individualized
Skill Instruction
The text informs
us that as time
goes by we see
stars differently
Make a detailed
plan on how to
solve this problem.
Summarize
Palincsar and Brown 1985
…teachers observed fewer
behavior problems in their
reciprocal teaching groups than
in their control groups.
Palincsar and Brown 1985
Teachers saw increases in
students' confidence and
success, in their understanding
and use of strategies, and in
their enjoyment of literature.
Effect Size
Reciprocal Teaching
2 meta-analyses, 38 studies, Rank 9th
(.74 effect size)
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