Question Answer Relationship (QAR)
Definition:
"Question-Answer relationship (QAR) is a strategy to be used after students have read. QAR teaches students how to decipher what types of questions they are being asked and where to find the answers to them. Four types of questions are examined in the QAR," (All About Adolescent Literacy, 2014). These four types of questions are:
"Question-Answer relationship (QAR) is a strategy to be used after students have read. QAR teaches students how to decipher what types of questions they are being asked and where to find the answers to them. Four types of questions are examined in the QAR," (All About Adolescent Literacy, 2014). These four types of questions are:
- Right There Questions - answers found easily in the text.
- Think and Search Questions - answers require gathering information from different parts of the text and putting the information together.
- Author and You Questions - answers are a combination of clues in the text and personal experience (inference).
- On My Own Questions - answers are not from text but from student's background knowledge, (All About Adolescent Literacy, 2014).
Steps to Implement Strategy:
- Explain to the students the four types of questions in QAR strategy.
- Read a section of text.
- Give students a list of predetermined questions.
- Sort the questions into the four categories of questions stated above.
- Use this information to look in the appropriate places to find the answers to the question (text, personal experiences, etc.), (All About Adolescent Literacy, 2014).
Benefits of this Strategy:
- Improves reading comprehension.
- Teaches students where to find answers to certain questions.
- Uses higher level thinking skills.
- Helps students dig deeper into text, (Reading Rockets, 2014).
Video 1: This video is a nice example of a teacher going through the QAR process with her students. The instructor starts out by explaining the QAR strategy. Next, she reads several questions to class, and they discuss where they could find the answers to these questions. The video ends with the class discussing how to classify the last question. The video does not show how this is assessed, but I am assuming the answers to the questions asked would be the assessment.
Video 2: This video is a more student driven example of learning and using the QAR strategy. In the beginning of the video the teacher is simply asking the students questions over a passage they have already read. After the students answer the questions, the teacher asks them where they found the answers. The video shows one example from each of the four categories of QAR questions. This method is helping the students to understand the relationship between questions and answers and where to look for answers. In the second half of the video, the teacher recalls the questions and answers to introduce the students to the four types of questions in the QAR strategy. Finally, at the end of the video, the teacher has the students come up with questions in each category of the QAR strategy. These questions are a great indicator of whether or not the students learned the strategy.
Writing Component:
Have the students read a piece of literature. Then, have the students answer several questions over the literature. In the answers to the questions, have the students write where they got their answers. The students should support their answers with clues from the text and personal experience.
Writing Standard Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Sources:
Question Answer Relationship (QAR). (2014). In All About Adolescent Literacy. Retrieved July 16, 2014 from
http://www.adlit.org/strategies/19802/.
Question Answer Relationship (QAR). (2014). In Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 16, 2014 from
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_answer_relationship.
Have the students read a piece of literature. Then, have the students answer several questions over the literature. In the answers to the questions, have the students write where they got their answers. The students should support their answers with clues from the text and personal experience.
Writing Standard Addressed:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.1
Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.W.2
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Sources:
Question Answer Relationship (QAR). (2014). In All About Adolescent Literacy. Retrieved July 16, 2014 from
http://www.adlit.org/strategies/19802/.
Question Answer Relationship (QAR). (2014). In Reading Rockets. Retrieved July 16, 2014 from
http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/question_answer_relationship.