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Using Informational and Narrative Picture Walks to Promote Student-Generated Questions

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The purpose of this article is to explore the use of picture walks in narrative and informational text as a method to encourage question generation. This article overviews the instructional benefits of having students generate their own questions before, during, and after reading. Featured are two classrooms where students pose questions through narrative and informational text features.

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Ness, M. Using Informational and Narrative Picture Walks to Promote Student-Generated Questions. Early Childhood Educ J 45, 575–581 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-016-0817-7

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