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Reading Apprenticeship
Evidence and Interpretation Logs:
Video of Students Grappling with the text
Using E&I logs (or Metacognitive Double-Entry Journal Reading for Understanding pages 110-118.
This routine is a way that you as the intstructor can scaffold in more intentional metacognitive work with the texts of your discipline. These could be used for readings, problems, or other types of graphics. The goal of the double-entry is to get students to focus in on having a text-based discussion, referencing the evidence they found and where they found it, not what they feel through intuition. Then they become students who can interpret evidence instead of feel and guess their way through learning.
How will the power of this routine increase when it is a routine that students engage in regularly?
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In this video (right), what do you notice about the process of filling out the E&I log for a video?
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How might the process be different if a student is filling out the E&I log for a reading assignment at home vs. in class?
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How can you help focus the interpretations on the right side of the log for different purposes of the E&I log for your discipline?