English teachers are increasingly trying to teach comprehension using short texts and excerpts from novels. But if they just read whole novels aloud at a fast pace, they might get better results.
Pretty much no one has argued that the way to boost comprehension is to have teachers read entire challenging novels aloud at a fast pace, pausing only occasionally to make sure everyone is following the story. And yet,According to the study, students in the equivalent of middle and high school in England also get a fragmented exposure to literature, with excerpts from novels and frequent interruptions in the form of questions intended to develop their analytical skills.
Their hypothesis was only half right: comprehension was indeed boosted. After getting through two novels in 12 weeks, average readers made a full nine months of progress. And poor readers mademonths of progress. But the researchers were wrong about the value of comprehension instruction. It made no difference.
The researchers speculated that students made so much progress simply because they were able to read far more text—and more sophisticated text—during the 12 weeks of the study than they have ever done before. In addition, the inclusion of poorer readers in a regular classroom—where they were exposed to the same challenging text as their more able peers—raised teachers’ expectations for them.
I haven’t done a scientific study myself, but I suspect there’s more going on. I’ve been in classrooms where students are listening to a teacher read aloud from a novel they couldn't read well on their own, and I’ve seen how rapt they become. Even if they don’t understand every word or allusion, they get swept up in the story, especially if it’s read with few interruptions.
that after only a year, students using Bookworms made gains in comprehension that were significantly greater than those in comparison schools.
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