The paperless sq3r

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The paperless sq3r

• Jim McGlinn, UNCA
• www.unca.edu/mcglinn
• Content Area Reading SIG, IRA
• May 8, 2008

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Educators have cited the need for new literacies.

• The competitive pressures of the global
  marketplace have caused companies to incorporate
  collaborative teams at all levels.
• The work skills needed in these transformed
  companies include the abilities to problem
  solve, work in teams, communicate with others,
  and access and use information efficiently and
  effectively italics added (Leu, 2000).

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The need for new literacies

• As we conclude this volume year of Reading
  Online
• more than ever, we, as teachers, need to be
  mindful of literacy uses in practice as we
  educate children to take their place as literate
  individuals in society.
• While what we might call the traditional forms
  of literacy -- reading and writing alphabetic
  characters -- are and will continue to be a part
  of everyday life, they are now being enacted
  within an electronic world rather than a world of
  paper and pencil.
• This electronic world is changing the way in
  which alphabetic literacy is used, and it also
  places new demands on children as they become
  literate italics added (Kinzer, 2003).

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Chicago Public Schools Paper Waste Busters
Be a Paper Waste Buster! Did you know that CPS
used 258,000,000 sheets of copy paper during
fiscal year 2007?  Thats nearly 6,000 sheets
for every employee, and enough, stacked up, to
reach the top of the Sears Tower SIX times. 
Central Office departments used over 21,000,000
sheets of paper.
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• Fact Sheet Saving Paper in Schools 
• Why It Matters
• Producing and disposing of paper pollutes land,
  air and water, threatens wildlife and affects
  human health.
• http//www.nrdc.org/GreenSquad/library/paper.html

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Education World The Paperless School of the
Future Is Here Now!

• Computer networks and Internet resources are
  helping teachers cut down on paper use. Teachers
  can use texts that are available at no cost.
• How are these experiments going? Is the
  "paperless classroom" just around the corner?
• Education World writer Ryan Francis's look at
  three classrooms that are trying to go paperless!
• Eminence Middle School, Henry County, Kentucky
• Hatboro-Horsham High School (Pennsylvania)
• Robertsville Middle School in Oak Ridge,
  Tennessee
• http//www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech059.shtm
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Guidelines for Reading on the Web

• Get an overview skim for main ideas to see if
  the article will be useful.
• Evaluate the articles qualitystart by checking
  to see if its source is reputable.
• If you decide to read intensivelyfirst, read
  through the article ignoring the links then
  reread following the links that are relevant to
  you.
• Take notesthree choices
• 1. Print article and take notes as usual.
• 2. Open up a word processing program and type
  your
• notes as you read from
  the browser.
• 3. Cut and paste key information from clipboard
  to notes.
• But beware plagiarism.
• (Fastfacts Reading and the Web--Reading from
  computer monitors, n.d.)

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Research question What is the effect of a
modified sq3r on student comprehension and recall
of main ideas and important details when applied
to an online article in a paperless environment?

• Population
• 16 students in my Reading and Writing in the
  Content Areas class, Spring 2008, which meets for
  75 minutes twice per week
• Licensure areas art 3, English 2, mathematics 3,
  science 3, social studies 3, theatre arts 2

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Research Design

• 1. Web Reading Assignment School Practices for
  Equitable Discipline of African American
  Students. ERIC Digest by Wendy Schwartz, 4 pp.
  http//www.ericdigests.org/2002-1/discipline.html
• Study this text using your own study methods to
  remember the main ideas and important details for
  a quiz on our next class period.
• 10 open-ended comprehension questions with 53
  possible significant details.
• 2. Survey about the study strategies used by
  students.
• 3. Practice of modified sq3r on Strategies for
  Improving the Educational Outcomes of Latinas.
  ERIC Digest by Wendy Schwartz. http//www.ericdige
  sts.org/2002-2/latinas.htm
• 4. Web Reading Assignment Preventing Student
  Sexual Harassment. ERIC Digest Number 160 by
  Wendy Schwartz, 4 pp. http//www.ericdigests.org/
  2001-3/preventing.htm
• Study this text using the modified sq3r strategy
  to remember the main ideas and important details
  for a quiz on our next class period.
• 10 open-ended comprehension questions with 59
  possible significant details.
• 5. Survey of student attitudes about the sq3r.

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Modified SQ3R for online articles

• Please follow this method exactly. Id like you
  to experience the benefits of this method before
  modifying it to fit your style.
• Please record the total time it takes you to
  apply this method to this essay.
• Time Start_____________________Time
  Finish______________________
• 1. Copy the article to MS Word.
• 2. Survey
• Read and Insert Comment for the title and bold
  headings.
• Notice how many main headings and how they are
  organized.
• 3. Question
• Brainstorm possible ideas for the title and type
  them in the comment followed by a question mark.
• 4. Read (the Introduction)
• As you read, mark key points and important
  details with yellow marker.
• 5. Recite
• Insert Comments for important points, typing key
  ideas.
• ----------
• Repeat steps 4 Read and 5 Recite for each section
  of the paper.
• ----------
• 6. Review
• Cut and Paste your comments into a summary sheet
  and recite/memorize the key ideas on this sheet.
• Please print out the summary sheet to hand in.

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Results

• Table 1
• Comparison of Comprehension and Memory for
  Readings 1 2
• __________________________________________________
  ______
• of correct answers1 of recall of details
• Reading 1 68.1 24 (of 53 details)
• Reading 2 90 49 (of 59 details)
• Difference 21.9 25
• __________________________________________________
  ______
• n 16
• 110 questions

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Table 2
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Table 3

• Survey of Study Strategies for Reading 1
• _______________________________________________
• Read Read Read Read
  Read
• Only Review/Reread Highlight
  Note Highlight
• Review Review
• _______________________________________________
• Group
• Print1 1 3 1 0 4
• Online2 1 2 0 4 0
• _______________________________________________
• 1 n 9 2 n 7

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Table 4

• Survey of attitudes about the sq3r strategy
• _______________________________________________
• Agree or Strongly Agree sq3r was
• effective for this assignment 63
• Agree or Strongly Agree sq3r agreed
• with your preferred style of studying 19
• Comments
• Its similar to what I usually do 4
• Too many steps, too much time/work 9
• I prefer pencil paper 3 ___________________
  ___________________
• n 16

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Conclusions Observations

• Advantages to paperless study.
• Effectiveness of the modified sq3r for paperless
  study.
• The sq3r entails repeated working of the text.
• Student attitudes.
• Personal modifications necessary.

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References

• Fastfacts Reading and the Web - Reading from
  Computer Monitors (n.d.) The Learning Commons,
  University of Gueleph. Retrieved 04/28/2006 from
  http//www.learningcommons.uoguelph.ca/ByTopic/Tec
  hnology/Fastfacts-ReadingWeb-Monitors.html
• Kinzer, C. K. (2003). The importance of
  recognizing the expanding boundaries of literacy.
  Reading Online. Retrieved 04/28/2006 from
  http//www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index
  .asp?HREF/electronic/kinzer/
• Leu, D. J. (2000). Literacy and technology
  Deictic consequences for literacy education in an
  information age. In Kamil, M. L., Mosenthal, P.
  B., Pearson, P. D., Barr, R. (Eds.), Handbook
  of reading research, Vol. III (pp. 743- 770).
  Mahwah, New Jersey Erlbaum.
• Schwartz, W. (2000). Preventing Student Sexual
  Harassment. ERIC Digest Number 160. 6 pp.
  Retrieved 05/05/08 http//www.ericdigests.org/2001
  -3/preventing.htm.
• Schwartz, W. (2002). School Practices for
  Equitable Discipline of African American
  Students. ERIC Digest. 6 pp. Retrieved 05/05/08
  http//www.ericdigests.org/2002-1/discipline.html.
  
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• Schwartz, W. (2001). Strategies for Improving
  the Educational Outcomes of Latinas. ERIC Digest.
  6 pp. Retrieved 05/05/08 http//www.ericdigests.
  org/2002-2/latinas.htm.
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