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SSLN (Literacy) Professional Learning Workshops

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Before you continue…

It is recommended that you

complete Education Scotland’s

workshops on Assessing Progress

and Achievement.

http://

www.educationscotland.gov.

uk/learningandteaching/

assessment/

progressandachievement/

workshopmaterials/

index.asp

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Resources

To complete this workshop each participant will need: Handout: Common pitfalls for readers Third level SSLN print assessment: Into Space – Text Third level SSLN print assessment: Into Space – Questions View BBC video: Alistair Brownlee’s motivation Third level online assessment: Alistair Brownlee - Questions Learning and teaching strategies notes sheet

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Introduction to SSLN (Literacy) Professional Learning Workshops

Welcome to the SSLN (Literacy) 2014 Professional Learning Workshops.

These workshops are designed to support practitioners with the areas for development identified by the survey. Before using this material you may wish to view the results of the survey in the Scottish Government report.

This workshop focuses on reading. There are additional workshops available for writing and group discussion.

The material in each workshop is taken from SSLN (Literacy) online Professional Learning Resources.

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SSLN (Literacy) 2014 Group Discussion – Professional Learning Workshop

Purposes of this workshop :

To reflect on current practice in the learning and teaching of listening and discussion skills in your establishment

To develop practitioners’ understanding and skills in this area in order to improve learners’ attainment.

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Outline of workshopFocus Slides Time (approx)

Part 1 Common pitfalls for readers

Part 2 Analysis of the 2012 SSLN reading assessments

Part 3 What we can learn from learner’s responses to reading assessments

Part 4 Learning and teaching strategies

Part 5 Reflection and planning

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COMMON PITFALLS FOR READERS

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Learners will adopt different strategies as they relate the questions to a text. Repeated, targeted cross-reference may be a big demand on learners who are struggling from the beginning. Some of their strategies may be limited or inappropriate to the task in hand, with the result that they may not be able to construct a mental 'map' of the original in their head. Learners may:

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningandteaching/assessment/ssln/resources/literacyreadingnew/generalobservations.asp

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read the whole text passively with little regard to purpose

make inappropriate use of headings and/or illustrations and/or other markers which indicate the structure and organisation of the text

read the source text through and then answer the questions without referring back to the text

start to answer individual questions before they have read the whole passage and gained an overview of its structure, missing contextual or narrative information relevant to the question they are considering

adopt a 'hunt the answer' approach in which they look for a specific point or phrase signposted by the question without due regard to the sentence or paragraph context

lack IT skills and have difficulty in using tabs, menus or links

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misunderstand the sort of answer required by a particular type of question (e.g. confusion of 'how' and 'why')

bring their own prior knowledge to a text in relation to word meanings and question interpretation and, as a result, not use the passage to answer the question

rely excessively on their own existing knowledge of a topic or an issue and ignore or distort important aspects of the content of the text

find that a particular topic arouses strong emotions which act as a block to their understanding

http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningandteaching/assessment/ssln/resources/literacyreadingnew/generalobservations.asp

Which of these pitfalls do you fall into when reading a text?

Share examples.

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ANALYSIS OF THE 2012 SSLN READING ASSESSMENTS

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Third level reading assessment: paper and pencil

1. Read the passage and questions.2. Which question do you think that learners found most difficult? Label this question “A”. Label the remaining questions in order, from most to least difficult.

3. Why do you think this question caused most difficulty?4. What do you think might have made the remaining questions difficult for some learners?

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Third level Reading Assessment - onlineBBC clip is not available

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Read the SSLN commentaries. Compare your findings with this analysis of the SSLN (2012) reading results.

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LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGIES

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Reading Barrier Learning and teaching strategies that support learners to progress.

Discuss the barriers to effective reading that you have observed in your own practice and identify the learning and teaching strategies that could be employed to help learners to progress.

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Reflection and planningAs a result of this workshop, what changes will you make to your practice?

Resources/further reading/support needed to complete your target.

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