Publication Date
12-1-1998
Abstract
How teachers allocated instructional time in reading classes served as the focus of this study. Twenty teachers were observed during reading sessions to answer two research questions. For question 1, how do teachers allocate time, observations indicated that teachers used class time in the following increments: reading and responding 35.47%; listening and discussing 24.89%; waiting 8.36%; completing skill development activities 20.28%; telling, writing, and narrating 7.52%; and devoting 3.47% of the remaining instructional time to other activities. Question 2, does time allocated for reading coordinated text exceed more than 50% of the total time designated for reading instruction, answer appeared to be "no." Teachers observed in this study allocated only 35% of instructional time for children to read and respond to concentrated amounts of coordinated text. Recommended time allocations that stated that time reading should exceed the time allocated to all other reading class activities was not observed.
Recommended Citation
McNinch, G. H., Shaffer, G. L., Campbell, P., & Rakes, S. (1998). Allocation of time in reading. Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts, 39 (2). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/reading_horizons/vol39/iss2/3
