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A strategic reading task is a reading task that is an information seeking task which involves a reading plan.
- Context:
- Input: a Reading Plan.
- It can involve reading many passages within written items.
- It typically does not involve any cover-to-cover reading.
- It can involve annotation.
- It can solve a knowledge search task.
- It can be instantiated as a Strategic Reading Act.
- It can be performed by a Strategic Reader.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Reading Comprehension Measure, Semantic Processing Task.
References
2009
- (Renear & Palmer, 2009) ⇒ Allen H. Renear, and Carole L. Palmer. (2009). “Strategic Reading, Ontologies, and the Future of Scientific Publishing.” In: Science, 325(5942). doi:10.1126/science.1157784.
- QUOTE: Scientists have always read strategically, working with many articles simultaneously to search, filter, scan, link, annotate, and analyze fragments of content.
2000
- http://www.somers.k12.ny.us/intranet/reading/strategic_reading.html
- QUOTE: 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.
- QUOTE: Across all disciplines, teachers have identified a need to strengthen students' ability to read for information...to develop strategic readers.
1997
- http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/res/literacy/st_read0.html
- What is Strategic Reading?
- Reading is a process of constructing meaning by interacting with text; as individuals read, they use their prior knowledge along with clues from the text to construct meaning. Research indicates that effective or expert readers are strategic (Baker & Brown, 1984a, 1984b). This means that they have purposes for their reading and adjust their reading to each purpose and for each reading task. Strategic readers use a variety of strategies and skills as they construct meaning (Paris, Wasik, & Turner, 1991).
- A strategy is a plan selected deliberately by the reader to accomplish a particular goal or to complete a given task (Paris, Lipson, & Wixson, 1983; Paris, Wasik, & Turner, 1991). When students are able to select and use a strategy automatically, they have achieved independence in using the strategy. Along with the strategies that expert readers use, they also use a number of comprehension and study skills. It is clear from research that readers develop the use of strategies and skills by reading and writing and being given the support they need to grow in these processes (Wells, 1990).
- The goal of all reading instruction is to help students become expert readers so that they can achieve independence and can use literacy for lifelong learning and enjoyment. Learning to use strategies effectively is essential to constructing meaning. Readers who are not strategic often encounter difficulties in their reading (Paris, Wasik, & Turner, 1991). These early difficulties in reading may influence the way readers learn throughout the rest of their lives (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilkinson, 1985).
- (1997, Marchionini) ⇒ Gary Marchionini. (1997). “Information Seeking in Electronic Environments, Part 5." Cambridge University Press, ISBN:0521586747
1991
- (Paris, Wasik, & Turner, 1991)
1985
- (Anderson, Hiebert, Scott, & Wilkinson, 1985)