A Primary Subject Goes Secondary
After nearly three decades as a chemistry teacher, Jeffrey Rogers felt he had mastered his subject and knew best how to teach it. So when a colleague in the language arts department at Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School suggested that he incorporate reading strategies into his lessons to help students tackle the complex text and vocabulary of his course, Mr. Rogers responded bluntly, "I'm not a reading teacher."
A workshop that demonstrated how strategies to improve comprehension could be incorporated into the curriculum changed his mind. Now, reading instruction is an integral part of his daily lessons here at the school in the Miami-Dade County district.
"I started to realize that a student may be having a problem in my class not because they don't have the aptitude [for chemistry], but because they don't have the reading skills," Mr. Rogers said. "Before, my class required strict memorization and regurgitation. Now, students can see the relationship between...
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