TY - BOOK AU - Harastani,Amina H TI - Comparing reciprocal teaching to collaborative strategic reading in fourth grade students PY - 2008/// CY - Beirut PB - Lebanese American University. School of Arts and Sciences. Education Department KW - Cycle primaire Enseignement des langues Méthodes d’enseignement KW - Elementary Education Teaching languages Teaching Methods KW - المرحلة الابتدائية تعليم اللغات طرق التعليم N1 - النوع : Mémoire N2 - The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the effectiveness of two metacognitive reading comprehension strategies: Reciprocal Teaching and Collaborative Strategic Reading when applied in two fourth grade sections in a private school in Beirut. Pretest-posttest showed that the Collaborative Strategic Reading method increased students' results more significantly than Reciprocal Teaching. Students and teachers reported an increased sense of responsibility, self-esteem cooperation, and group discussions. Implications for implementing both strategies are discussed UR - http://search.shamaa.org/FullRecord?ID=65962 ER -