Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR) is a reading comprehension instructional practice that involves elements from modified reciprocal teaching and cooperative learning (Bremer, Vaughn, Clapper, and Ae-Hwa, 2002). CSR uses a family of strategies which are pivotal to its implementation: previewing, click and clunk, get the gist, and wrap up strategy. The teacher arranges mixed-ability groups and the students assume roles within the group: announcer, timekeeper, encourager, scorekeeper, clunk expert, and gist expert.
Research to Practice Brief June 2002, Collaborative Strategic Reading (CSR): Improving Secondary Students’ Reading Comprehension Skills; Christine D. Bremer,Sharon Vaughn, Ann T. Clapper, and Ae-Hwa Kim; http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=424; Retrieved March 15, 2011
The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Teacher Reading Academies offers an interactive video demonstrating the implementation of CSR within the classroom -
http://searchlight.utexas.org/Default/content/fourth-grade/activities/video-collaborative-strategic-reading/view Retrieved March 15, 2011
The Iris Center with Vanderbilt University offers a module as well: CSR: A Reading Comprehension Strategy, http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/csr/chalcycle.htm. The module outlines the challenges of struggling readers and provides professional development in instructional strategies through CSR that assist these readers.
The students use role cards to define and guide their participation in the CSR groups. Students complete a learning log to record their discoveries from the reading. These materials can be downloaded and printed from the links below:
csr_11_LINK_cueCards[1].pdf
csr_11_LINK_clunkCards[1].pdf
csr_04_LINK_learningLog[1].pdf
Adlit.org provides information about CSR with this article: Collaborative Strategic Reading Learning Logs http://www.adlit.org/strategies/22355 .
TTAC Online offers a vocabulary strategy modeled on CSR, ESS Reading Strategy Click and Clunk.pdf.
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