| Abstract: | Reading educators are translating the comprehension strategies research of the 1970s and 1980s into strategies-based reading instruction, meshing decoding, comprehension, and interpretational strategies into transactional strategies instruction. The teachers in 1 prototypical program were interviewed to determine their perceptions of program effects. Teacher satisfaction with program effects was also tapped, as were teachers' perceptions about program shortcomings. A unique feature of this study was that the educators responsible for the program helped determine what they would be asked during the systematic interview; that is, an attempt was made to take full advantage of the insider information possessed by the program developers and teachers. In general, the teachers specified a large number of potential program effects acceptable to them. They also identified some potential shortcomings that should be addressed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
