Across all disciplines, teachers have identified a need to strengthen students' ability to read for information...to develop strategic readers.

What are the guiding principles of strategic reading?

  • The meaning of a text is not contained in the words on a page. It is constructed by the reader.
  • The single most important variable in learning with texts is a reader's prior knowledge.
  • How well a reader comprehends a text also depends on metacognition, one's ability to think about and control his thinking process before, during, and after reading.
  • Reading and writing are integrally related.

Learning is a social process. It increases when students collaborate.

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Special thanks to those who have contributed to this site: Ginny Fisher, Sylvia Ianiello, Angela Lovelett, Laura Luke, Monica Manko, Elaine McGuire, Ed Mullaney, Sal Pisano, Joyce Sandvoss, Caroline Schoenberg, Lorraine Stetson, Heather Stoll, and Barbara Storrar.

 

 

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Last updated 5/4/00.