Does any of the information presented in Chapter 15 influence your personal philosophy of reading? In what ways? How has your perspective this changed since you took the DeFord TORP a few weeks ago?
My personal philosophy of reading has been reinforced through Weaver's text throughout the semester and Chapter 15 helped me to better understand the importance of a comprehensive literacy classroom and the benefits of it. I have always known that the primary goal of reading was to read for meaning. During my undergraduate work professors would always emphasize phonics and part-to-whole instruction rather than whole-to-part. The studies on page 369 in Weaver's text lead me to believe that a comprehensive literacy program will benefit the students the most and make the successful in reading and comprehension. I also like that there is emphasis on page 373 and 374 about using texts that students have background knowledge on and are able to connect with to gain better understanding when reading.
My perspective hasn't really changed since I originally took the Deford TORP. The majority of the answers I marked were the same. Originally I scored in the skills section and after taking it again, I still remained in the skills section.
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