Question Answer Relationship

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Question Answer Relationship
(Raphael, 1982, 1986)
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?????????????????????????????????????????? WHAT
IS QUESTION ANWER RELATIONSHIP? QAR
QAR is a metacognitive strategy enhancing the
students ability to answer and generate
questions at varying levels of reading
comprehension. It helps the reader know that they
can rely on information in the text as well as
their background knowledge.
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?????????????????????????? What are the Benefits
of QAR?
1. Students will develop strategies as to how to
go about answering questions.
2. Students and teachers will develop a shared
vocabulary, which will allow for discussion about
questions.
3. Students will develop strategies for
generating their own questions.
4. Teachers will have a tool for developing
different types of comprehension questions for
different phases of comprehension instruction.
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Sources of Information
IN THE BOOK QARS (TEXT BASED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS)
IN THE HEAD QARS (READER BASED QUESTIONS AND
ANWERS)
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IN THE BOOK QARS

• RIGHT THERE
• Words used to make up the question and words used
  to answer are Right There in the same sentence
  (unless two sentences are connected by a pronoun)
• PUTTING IT TOGETHER
• 2. Information to answer the question is located
  in different parts of the text. One must think
  about how the information relates and search/scan
  across the text for relevant information and Put
  it together.

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IN MY HEAD QARS

• AUTHOR AND YOU
• Information to answer the question is not
  available in the text, but one must use text
  clues and work with the author using background
  knowledge. ( You must have read the text to
  understand what the question is asking)
• ON YOUR OWN
• 2. The answer can be provided by the readers own
  background knowledge without even reading the text

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Sources of Information
IN THE BOOK QARS (TEXT BASED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS)
1.RIGHT THERE 2.PUTTING IT TOGETHER
IN THE HEAD QARS (READER BASED QUESTIONS AND
ANWERS)
3.THE AUTHOR AND YOU 4.ON MY OWN
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Sources of Information
IN THE BOOK QARS
1.RIGHT THERE Words used to make up the question
and words used to answer the question are Right
There in the same sentence. What to do Find the
words in the text used to create the question and
look at other words in that sentence to find the
answer. 2.PUTTING IT TOGETHER Information to
answer the question in located in different parts
of the text. One must think about how the
information relates and scan across the text for
relevant information and put it together. What to
do Look for clues in more than one sentence or
paragraph to find the answer.
IN THE HEAD QARS
3.THE AUTHOR AND YOU Information to answer the
question is not available in the text, but one
must use text clues and work with the author
using background knowledge. What to do Think
about the clues the author gives and what the
author means and compare that information to what
you already know. You must find the answer in
your head based on what the author told you. 4.ON
MY OWN The answer can be provided by the readers
own background knowledge without even reading the
text. What to do Think I have to answer this
question ON MY OWN. The story will not help me
very much. I probably could answer the question
without even reading it.
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Mom put a large plate of meat on the table. Then
she went back into the kitchen. She came out with
more food. She had a plate filled with carrots.
She also had a plate filled with potatoes.
Question On what did mom put the meat?
Answer Table
What kind of QAR is this?
IN THE BOOK OR IN THE HEAD?
RIGHT THERE OR PUTTING IT TOGETHER?
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Mom put a large plate of meat on the table. Then
she went back into the kitchen. She came out with
more food. She had a plate filled with carrots.
She also had a plate filled with potatoes.
Question What food did mom put on the table?
Answer meat, carrots, potatoes
What kind of QAR is this?
IN THE BOOK OR IN THE HEAD?
RIGHT THERE OR PUTTING IT TOGETHER?
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Mom put a large plate of meat on the table. Then
she went back into the kitchen. She came out with
more food. She had a plate filled with carrots.
She also had a plate filled with potatoes.
Question What meal were they eating?
Answer dinner?
What kind of QAR is this?
IN THE BOOK OR IN THE HEAD?
AUTHOR AND YOU OR ON YOUR OWN?
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Mom put a large plate of meat on the table. Then
she went back into the kitchen. She came out with
more food. She had a plate filled with carrots.
She also had a plate filled with potatoes.
Question What kinds of foods do you have for
dinner?
Answer Veggies
What kind of QAR is this?
IN THE BOOK OR IN THE HEAD?
AUTHOR AND YOU OR ON YOUR OWN?
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QARS FOR GUIDED READING
PRIOR TO READING THE SELECTION ASK ON MY OWN
QARS (IN MY HEAD) WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW, HOW IT
RELATES TO UPCOMING STORY OR CONTENT.
DURING READING OF SELECION ASK RIGHT THERE QARS
(IN THE BOOK) AND PUTTING IT TOGETHER QUARS (IN
THE BOOK) PUTTING IT TOGETHER QARS should
dominate because they are questions which call
answers that integrate information AUTHOR AND YOU
(IN MY HEAD) AND ON MY OWN (IN MY HEAD)
POST READING OF THE SELECTION ASK ON MY OWN
QARS (IN MY HEAD) AND AUTHOR AND YOU(IN MY HEAD)
These QARs focus on childrens background
information as it pertains to the text. Too many
RIGHT THERE QUESTIONS lead to an over emphasis on
literal and detail questions.