[MOSAIC] textmapping

[Dave Middlebrook]

There is no research as of yet.  My hope is that this will change.  A few 
years back I had some university interest, as well as some teachers who were 
doing action research, but the university interest died due to a lack of 
funding and in one case, due to a graduate student strike that hit just as a 
study began; and while several of the teachers who were doing the action 
research did complete their studies, none of them ever took the next step 
and published their findings, largely for personal reasons: babies were 
born, parents needed to be taken care of, spouses lot their job, life 
intervened.

I am now writing a book.  Between that and the website, I am hoping that 
researchers will take an interest -- and that those who fund them will 
choose to support research in this area.  In the mean time, the experience 
of teachers such as you seems to keep confirming that scrolls and 
textmapping are very useful; but to be fair, I only hear from those who like 
these methods!  I share your interest in seeing researchers step up and 
really test the ideas that I have proposed.  This is more likely to happen 
if teachers like you push the envelop a bit -- although I realize that you 
can only push the envelop so far, and that in the final analysis, you need 
to be able to point to research to support your classroom practices.

With that as background, know that really I appreciate your interest and 
support.  Someday we'll see a study in RRQ or some other peer-reviewed 
journal.  In the mean time, there's always that envelop...

- Dave

Dave Middlebrook
The Textmapping Project
A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction.
www.textmapping.org   |   Please share this site with your colleagues!
USA: (609) 771-1781
dmiddlebrook at textmapping.org

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Owens" <powens at mtpleasant.edzone.net>
To: <Mosaic at literacyworkshop.org>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 12:12 PM
Subject: [MOSAIC] textmapping


> David,
> We have used textmapping and believe it is a great strategy for struggling 
> readers.  Do you have any specific research for textmapping that we could 
> site that would support their use for struggling readers? Or any studies 
> that are being done now that would support their use?
> Pam
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