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|Article Title: | |
| |The School Engagement Project: Academic Engagement Enhancement |
|Article Citation: | |
| |Gut, D.M., Farmer, T.W., Bishop-Goforth, J., Hives, J., Aaron, A., & Jackson, F. (2004). The School Engagement |
| |Project: Academic Engagement Enhancement. Preventing School Failure, Winter 2004; Heldref Publications. |
|Themes Cited in this Article: | |
| |Curriculum |
| |Subtheme: Reading Acquisition and Development for Older At-risk Students |
|Introduction/ | |
|Abstract: |“The Academic Engagement Enhancement (AEE) model provides a framework for improving skills of older students who |
| |struggle with the acquisition and development of reading. This model was developed as part of a broader intervention |
| |program aimed at promoting academic and social competence of youth who were at risk of school failure. The strategies|
| |are based on best practice and are designed to actively engage students in the development of reading skills. The AEE|
| |model requires no special materials, is highly flexible, and can be adapted to any content area curriculum.” (p. 4) |
| | |
| |“This article outlines a model that gives step-by-step instructions on how to engage older students in reading |
| |acquisition and comprehension. The activities included in the Academic Engagement Enhancement (AEE) model are highly|
| |motivating and require active participation with the reading materials and peers. The approaches used in the AEE |
| |model are flexible enough to stand alone or can be adapted specifically to content area materials such as in social |
| |studies and English. The AEE model has two major components: Vocabulary Development, focused on developing |
| |phonological awareness and Comprehension Development, using class-wide peer tutoring.” (p. 4-5) |
| | |
|Curriculum: |Vocabulary Development Component |
| | |
| |“The Vocabulary Development component of the AEE model is based on Rollanda O’Conner’s Ladders to Literacy program, |
| |created from accumulated research on early literacy (O’Conner, Notari-Syverson, & Vadasy, 1998). [It] introduces |
| |students to the component skills critical for phonemic awareness (i.e., listening, rhyming, isolating sounds, |
| |blending, and segmenting). The developmental sequence recommended by O’Conner et al. (1998) is as follows: |
| | |
| |Introduce/review the concept of the alphabetic principle (i.e., letters represent sounds). |
| |Introduce/review the concept of rhyming. |
| |Introduce/review the concept of syllables (pronunciation units). |
| |Introduce the concept of onsets and rimes (beginning sound an the remainder of the word). |
| |Introduce the concept of phonemes (words can be segmented into individual sound units). |
| |Introduce the concept of blending (combining phonemes to make words).” (p. 5) |
| | |
| |Comprehension Development Component |
| | |
| |“Reading comprehension is a second area of difficulty for many older students. The latest research-based |
| |interventions, as reported by Barbara Wise and Lynn Snyder at the LD Summit held in August 2001, demonstrate that |
| |using self-questioning strategies, small group instruction, extensive practice at levels that ensure success, and |
| |teaching students to identify themes helps improve reading comprehension (CEC, 2001). The Comprehension Development |
| |component of the AEE model is based on past work in Class-Wide Peer Tutoring (CWPT: Greenwood & Dalqueri, 1995; |
| |King-Sears & Bradley, 1995), and peer-assisted learning strategies (PALS), a class-wide, one-to-one, peer tutoring |
| |program involving partner reading, paragraph summary, prediction, and other strategies to encourage students to |
| |practice strategies shown to improve reading comprehension (Gersten, Fuchs, Williams, & Baker, 2001), which |
| |incorporate the critical components of effective interventions outlined by Wise and Snyder (CEC, 2001).” (p. 6) |
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