The History of the Use of Think-Aloud Technique

 Provide the student with a verbalization instruction. The verbalization instructions should detail specifically what the teacher intend the students to do. Minimally, this set of instruction should include 1 a description of what is meant by “Think Aloud”, 2 the languages students are allowed to use to verbalize their thoughts, and 3 the level of detail and reflection required in the Think Aloud.  If at all possible, it is advisable to pilot-test the verbalization instructions as well as all other task materials on a small number of students. Pilot-testing helps to ensure that the verbalization instructions are written clearly, in a way that participants understand and can follow Chart 3.1 Think-Aloud Procedure by Melissa A. Bowel In the other chance, a research, Leslie Oster, mentions the other procedures she did when conducting Think Aloud Research 20 . They are:  The Think Aloud can be done in an individual or a pair set. 20 Leslie Oster. loc.cit. Step 1 Provide the students with a clear instruction of Think Aloud in a plain language Step 2: Gives students one or two sentence of think aloud instruction reiterates why students being asked to Think Aloud Step 3 : Provide the student with a verbalization instruction Step 4: If at all possible, it is advisable to pilot- test the verbalization instructions  Direct students to write down their questions and comments as they read. Written comments provides the teacher with valuable information on students‟ comprehension abilities in areas such as basic knowledge, vocabulary, relating new to old information, literal comprehension.  The teacher should give an example of Think Aloud by modelling it in the front of the class. A modelling of Think Aloud will give students a better understanding of it.  After this demonstration, the teacher may ask the students what kinds of comments the teacher just made, and the teacher and students are possible to talk about how those comments could help them to understand the story. The teacher emphasizes that his thoughts at this points might be incorrect, and the teacher might have revise them later on.  The example of the teacher‟s Think Aloud could be as follow: The day Professor Herbert [Professor-that must be mean this is a college] started talking about the project for each member of our general science class, I was more excited than I had ever been. [“I” this is the first person narration, the main character in the story is telling it himself . Also, he must like science. Well, it might not be a he, I don’t know yet.] I wanted to have an outstanding project. I wanted it to be a greater, to be more unusual than those of my classmate. [He has high hopes or, he is ambitious.]. I wanted to do something worthwhile, and something to make them respect me. [I wonder why he needs their respect].  After that, the teacher can ask student to give their Think Aloud toward a sentence or more chosen by the teacher.  The teacher may ask students to write their Think Aloud in the white-board to choose appropriate responses among their response or their Think Aloud.  The teacher asks students to compare their comments or responses with other to find out whether theirs is the same with other.

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