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Attributes and Processes that Define Successful Reading (SPEED (- Skilled…
Attributes and Processes that Define Successful Reading
SPEED
- Skilled readers read most materials : 250-300 words per minute (wpm)
- Familiar genres and content INCREASES reading
- Unfamiliar information DECREASES reading
LEARNING
- Learn from reading by acquiring new content knowledge from texts
EFFICIENCY
- Skilled readers combine processing skills :
1) To achieve specific goals
2) Reading
- Can coordinate and synchronize automatic skills and strategies with prior knowledge
EVALUATION
- Recruit strategies to evaluate text comprehension and reading skills while reading
COMPREHENSION
- Skilled readers seek to understand a text's intended meanings, the fundamental aim of all reading processes
INTERACTION
- Skilled readers manage parallel interaction :
1) Combining
2) Synchronizing cognitive operations
- Interact with texts, bringing background knowledge and comparing that knowledge to information in the text
STRATEGIES
- Skilled readers select and use strategies
1) Predicting information
2) Focusing on specific text
3) Mentally summarizing meanings
4) Monitoring comprehension
5) Connecting understanding to initial predictions
6) Repairing breakdowns
FLEXIBILITY
- Willing to adjust processes and aims for the reader, and as reading progresses their comprehension diminishes or improves
PURPOSE
- Always embark on reading with a purpose in mind
LANGUAGE
- Attend to the linguistic features of texts (by connecting graphemes to phonemes and syllables, recognizing word meanings, parsing words into phrases and clauses and assembling textual meanings)