Collaborative Strategic Reading

Abstract

The present study extends 8 years of previous research using Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR), a set of comprehension strategies designed to improve understanding of expository text. We examined teachers' yearlong implementation of CSR. Five intervention and five control teachers from five schools participated along with their students. Intervention teachers attended a CSR professional development workshop and were provided with ongoing follow-up support. Students in CSR classrooms improved significantly in reading comprehension when compared with students in control classrooms. Teacher case studies reveal that with the exception of one teacher, students' comprehension gains were associated with the quality of CSR implementation.

Collaborative Strategic Reading to Enhance Learners' Reading Comprehension in English as a Foreign Language

“…They teach and learn in groups from peers. Klinger, Vaughn, et al, (2004) illustrate the benefits of CSR. They describe that CSR helps students learn some specific strategies such as learning in a cooperative environment, brainstorming and predicting (preview), monitoring understanding (click and clunk), finding the main idea (get the gist), generating questions and reviewing key ideas (wrap up).…”

“…They describe that CSR helps students learn some specific strategies such as learning in a cooperative environment, brainstorming and predicting (preview), monitoring understanding (click and clunk), finding the main idea (get the gist), generating questions and reviewing key ideas (wrap up). Primarily, Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) was designed to facilitate reading comprehension for students with reading issues (Klinger, Vaughn et al, 2001). Klinger, Vaughn, et al, (2004) argue that CSR also addresses the following issues:…”

“…Primarily, Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) was designed to facilitate reading comprehension for students with reading issues (Klinger, Vaughn et al, 2001). Klinger, Vaughn, et al, (2004) argue that CSR also addresses the following issues:…”

“…Klinger, Vaughn, et al, (2004) carried out a quantitative research study with five intervention and five control teachers from five schools with their students. The findings indicated that students in CSR classes remarkably improved their reading comprehension.…”

Using Collaborative Strategic Reading with Refugee English Language Learners in an Academic Bridging Program

“…Later on, the students adopt expert roles on each of the strategies and work in small groups to comprehend a given text. Studies on CSR that included language-minority learners have demonstrated performance improvements on standardized reading exams (Boardman, Klingner, Buckley, Annamma, & Lasser, 2015;Klingner, Vaughn, Arguelles, Hughes, & Ahwee Leftwich, 2004;Klingner, Vaughn, & Schumm, 1998;Vaughn et al, 2011). As well, research on CSR outside of the language arts classroom showed promise: not only does consistent integration of CSR into science and social studies classes lead to improved reading comprehension as measured by a standardized reading test (the widely used Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test), but teachers in these content classes also provided students with substantially more reading activities (compared with traditional social and science classes) along with increased attention "to the quality of student work and providing feedback to students when using CSR" (Boardman et al, 2015(Boardman et al, , p. 1278.…”