Round robin reading and its variations have managed to keep a foothold in classrooms for hundreds of years. It’s one of the least effective strategies for helping students decode words and comprehend text, yet more than half of the teachers in the United States use it regularly. In round robin reading, one child reads a paragraph or a page from a common text. When the student finishes, the next student picks up where the previous student left off. The process continues until every student has read aloud or the class completes the text. The round robin reading curse Round robin …
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