Cooperative Unison Reading: A Socio-Cultural Instructional Method, K-12

by Cynthia McCallister

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Summer 2016. A new instructional procedure, developed by Cynthia McCallister, called Integrative Math©, combines elements of Cooperative Unison Reading®: and modes of representation Jerome Bruner presented in his book, Toward A Theory of Instruction (1974). Students use the rules of Unison to read story problems. Then, using manipulatives, crayons, markers, and stories, they integrate enactive, iconic, and symbolic modes of representation, strengthening their mathematical thinking.

Cooperative Unison Reading: A Socio-Cultural Instructional Method, K-12

by Cynthia McCallister

2016. Cynthia McCallister offers a brief guide to the Cooperative Unison Reading approach. It provides an innovative angle on reading instruction by looking at the reading process as a cooperative human process and applying theories from science that explain cooperation. McCallister also looks at the reading process as a form of action, as opposed to the accumulation of discrete skills that are accumulated through linearly transmitted instruction. https://www.inkling.com/store/book/mccallister-cooperative-unison-reading-1st/.