Questioning the Author: An Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement With Text

by Margaret G. McKeown, Linda Kucan

"Questioning the Author" (QtA) is an interactive teaching strategy that helps students comprehend what they are reading. When elementary students read in a QtA lesson, they learn to question the ideas presented in the text while they are reading, making them thinkers, not just readers. Questioning the An Approach for Enhancing Student Engagement with Text presents many examples of QtA in action. The authors analyze the transcripts of actual class discussions to show the important tools that differentiate QtA from other approaches to reading comprehension and engagement.

128 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

Reviews

[Daniela · Rating 5 out of 5]

8

[Kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Supports students understanding the text and not just learning information. Although written before Common Core Standards, it is a similar approach to interacting with text. Included some great examples of how to implement. I am looking forward to reading the updated version.

[Paula Roach · Rating 3 out of 5]

good ideas, not in the mood right now.