Conceptual Framework for Integrating Content Enhancements with Strategies

Conceptual Framework for Integrating Content Enhancements with Strategies, Software and Self. Evaluation • Janis Bulgren • Keith Lenz • KU-CRL 2009 July 2, 2009 Janis Bulgren 1

• In Level 1 of the Content Literacy Continuum, for each individual device and routine, the instructional power is increased when: • The instructional sequence (C-D-R) is used; • Strategies that are explicit, embedded or emerging are prompted; • Software supports are used; and • Teachers self-evaluate their use of the routine. July 2, 2009 Janis Bulgren 2

Integrating Content Enhancements Level I-Content Literacy Continuum Cue GIST software Concept Strategy (explicit) Concept Mastery Routine Do 1 Categorization Strategy (emerging) Self Checklist Evaluation 2 3 4 5 Self. Questioning Strategy (embedded) July 2, 2009 Review Strategic Enhancer for Definition (emerging) 7 6 3 Janis Bulgren

Definitions of “Strategies” • Explicit – the steps cued by CONCEPT in the Concept Mastery Routine • Embedded – the use of the Self-Questioning Strategy to help students identify characteristics • Emerging – the development of a new strategy that arises after repeated use of a routine (e. g. , the definition strategy in the Concept Mastery Routine (Steps 1+2+4=7). July 2, 2009 Janis Bulgren 4