Do you want to encourage your students to interact with what they are reading in your classes? Do you wish students would spend time thinking about new material you introduce and how it connects with what they already know? One quick, effective AVID strategy that can help is “Dialectical Response.”
Dialectical Response (or double-entry journaling) is a “writing-to-learn strategy that facilitates students’ interaction with a text by enabling them to take intellectual risks while gaining familiarity and experience connecting with the text” (Shapiro & Cuseo 17-19).
For detailed information about Dialectical Response, visit our AVID Resources page in D2L.
Directions:
- Login to D2L.
- From the D2L homepage, go to RESOURCES.
- Click on AVID Resources.
- Click on CONTENT.
- Go to Referenced AVID Resources.
- Go to High Engagement Practices for Teaching and Learning.
- See pages 17-19 of the eDocument (42-44 of printed document).
Please contact Lisa Martin if you have questions about using Dialectical Response or accessing the AVID Resources page in D2L.
Reference: Shapiro, D. and Cuseo, J. 2018. AVID for Higher Education: High Impact Practices for Teaching and Learning. pp. 17-19.