Chapter 3: Strategic Reading and Study

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Chapter 3 Strategic Reading and Study
Bridging the Gap, 9/eBrenda Smith
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What is Strategic Reading?

• Reading strategically means using specific
  techniques for understanding, studying, and
  learning.
• Four Types of Readers
• Tacit learners/readers.
• Aware learners/readers.
• Strategic learners/readers.
• Reflective learners/readers.

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The Stages of Reading

• Previewing Stage (Before) predict, question,
  activate past knowledge (schemata) and establish
  a purpose for reading.
• Knowledge Integration Stage(While) predict,
  picture images, relate ideas, monitor
  understanding, correct strategies.
• Recall Stage(After) rev iew, connect
  information, react, reflect, and evaluate.

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The Stages of Reading

• 1. Preview
• -Predict, question, activate schema, establish
  purpose
• 2. While
• -Predict, picture, relate, monitor, correct
• 3. After
• -Review, connect, react, reflect, evaluate

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Stage 1 Strategies for Previewing

• Signposts for answering preview questions
• Title.
• Introductory Material.
• Subheadings.
• Italics, Boldface Print, and Numbers.
• Visual Aids.
• Concluding Summary.

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Readers Tip Asking Questions Before Reading

• What is the topic of the material?
• What do I already know?
• What is my purpose for reading?
• How is the material organized?
• What will be my plan of attack?

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Preview to Activate Schemata

• A schema (plural, schemata) collection of your
  prior knowledge- is like a computer file in your
  brain that holds all you know about the subject.
• Previewing helps you predict the topic.
  ThenPreviewing helps bring up your past
  knowledge of the topic to the printed page.
• p. 102

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Stage 2 Strategies for Integrating Knowledge
while Reading

• The good reader is always
• Predicting
• Visualizing
• Drawing comparisons to assimilate new knowledge
• p. 104

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Readers Tip Using Thinking Strategies While
Reading

• Make predictions.
• Describe the picture youre forming in your head
  from the information.
• Share an analogy.
• Monitor your ongoing comprehension.
• Correct gaps in comprehension.

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Metacognition

• Metacognition means having the knowledge and
  awareness and understanding of the thinking
  processes involved while you read.
• Strategies of Metacognition
• Predict
• Picture (visualize)
• Relate
• Monitor
• Correct strategies to fit the reading

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Readers Tip Developing Metacognition for
Reading

• Know about reading.
• Know how to monitor.
• Know how to correct confusion.

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Metacognition Strategies

• Keep Your Eye on the Ball FOCUS!
• Gain Insight Through Think-Alouds.
• p. 110

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Stage 3 Strategies for Recalling

• The Three Steps of Recalling
• Self-Test.
• Make Connections.
• Text-to-self.
• Text-to-text.
• Text-to-world.
• React and Reflect.
• p. 112

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Readers Tip Recalling After Reading

• Pinpoint the topic.
• Select the most important points.
• Relate the information to yourself, other
  written material, and to global issues.
• React form opinions and evaluate the material.
• p. 113

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Summary Points

• What is strategic reading?
• What is a study strategy?
• What are the three stages of reading?
• What are the strategies for previewing?
• Why should you activate your schemata?
• What is metacognition?
• What are the strategies for integrating knowledge
  during reading?
• Why recall or self-test what you have read?