Take Away from Education 338 10/28/15

Constructing Meanings From Complex Texts

             1. What the reader brings to the reading situation.

             2. The characteristics of the written text. 

             3. That activity that defines the task and purpose of the reader.

             4. The context within which the reading occurs.

Working Complex Texts

             1. Key ideas and details

             2. Craft and structure

             3. Integration of knowledge and ideas

             4. Range of reading and level of text complexity

                           A) Skimming for answers

                           B) Surface processing

                           C) Reading and forgetting

The Importance of Academic Knowledge

             :because authors write for a target audience, they assume that they do not need to tell their readers everything, and count on their readers to supply the necessary hidden knowledge to fill in the rest of the message.

Figure 3: Pyramid for the Crusades

             1. Essential Knowledge

             2. Short-Term Information

             3. Background Detail

Text Found in Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning Fourth edition by Doug Buehl