Reciprocal Teaching

Reciprocal teaching is the process of teaching students how to learn by summarizing, questioning, clarifying, and predicting content. Using this practice allows students to take turns being the teacher.

Reciprocal Teaching Learning Objectives

  • Use reciprocal teaching terminology and strategies (predicting, clarifying, question generating, summarizing) to discuss text.
  • Explore how the implementation of reciprocal teaching improves learning for all students.

Participant Handouts

Preparatory reading, additional handouts and worksheets, practice profile, and fidelity checklist are posted below.

Presenter Materials

In addition to the participant materials, the PowerPoint files with detailed presenter notes are available for each learning package. For some packages, additional presenter resources are also suggested.

Powerpoint with Presenter Notes

Implementation Supports

Additional Resources