Summarization Technique
Summarization Techniques
Summarization is the restating of the main ideas of the text in as few words as possible. It can be done in writing, orally, through drama, through art and music, in groups and individually. There is extensive research that shows that summarization is among the top nine most effective teaching strategies in the history of education (Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock, 2001). Teachers who start a lesson by summarizing the big points in the day's lesson and end by having students summarize their learning see gains in the retention of the material. Several summarization techniques have been provided.
Graphic Organizers for Summarization
Websites on Summarization:
Book Video Awards: Summary based on Jerry Spinelli's Love, Stargirl
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1126070790/bctid1342099530
Video of Group Summary in Social Studies
http://www.marion.k12.ky.us/Strategies/Math/socialstudies/summarize.htm
Summarization Lesson Plan
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=277
Reading Quest.org: Making Sense of Social Studies
http://www.readingquest.org/strat/summarize.html
TeacherVision Article on Summarizing
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/skill-builder/reading-comprehension/48785.html
Summarization
http://forpd.ucf.edu/strategies/stratsummarization.html
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