Creating Opportunities For Learning: Play As A Scaffold For Format Based Informational Text Features
Access Type
Open Access Dissertation
Date of Award
January 2015
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ed.D.
Department
Elementary Education
First Advisor
Poonam Arya
Abstract
Abstract
A play intervention was used with second grade students to help them develop a deeper understanding of format based informational text features. On Day 1 of the intervention, groups of students role played as reporters as they observed classmates at play. During Days 2 - 5 of the intervention, the same students wrote an informational book about the play they had observed. A pre-interview was used to determine which format based informational text features were noticed and/or explained by the students in an informational trade book. The text features that were included in the trade book were: table of contents, heading, photograph, diagram, bold words, glossary, index and labels. On the post-interview, conducted months after the intervention, all groups increased the number of text features noticed and/or explained. Analysis of the discussions during Days 2 - 5 was conducted to see what aspect of the intervention was responsible for the increased score on the post-interview. For some students, hearing other members of the group mention a text feature during the intervention was the catalyst for learning that text feature. For other students, text features were noticed on the post-interview that were never mentioned during the intervention by group members. For those students, the play itself created opportunities for developing a greater understanding of format based text features.
Recommended Citation
Dandalides, Susan Fisher, "Creating Opportunities For Learning: Play As A Scaffold For Format Based Informational Text Features" (2015). Wayne State University Dissertations. 1287.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1287