Elementary students’ challenges with informational texts: Reading the words and the world

Journal of Social Studies Research - Tập 42 - Trang 49-59 - 2018
Kristy A. Brugar1, Kathryn L. Roberts2
1University of Oklahoma, Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum, 820 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK 73019, USA
2Wayne State University USA

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The purpose of this study is to describe ways in which elementary students access information from various components of informational social studies texts in schools. Although the time devoted to elementary social studies has decreased considerably in recent years, a renewed focus on content-area literacy skills, driven by state standard initiatives, presents us with the opportunity to regain lost social studies instructional time by integrating social studies content during literacy instructional time. However, it is not entirely clear what this instructional time should entail. This paper describes how third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade children navigate various aspects of the written and graphical elements of informational social studies reading materials. Results indicate that when students are unable to correctly answer questions about the content of the reading materials, they primarily attempt to do so in one of four ways: (1) responding without the use of a discernable strategy; (2) extracting random information from the passage; (3) relying on prior knowledge; or, (4) extracting information from the correct aspect of text that is not responsive to the question. Based on researcher-developed reading assessments as data sources, we explain the challenges children encounter and make recommendations for elementary social studies instruction.

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Journal of Social Studies Research

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