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[1] [2] It stands in contrast to intensive or academic reading, which is focused on a close reading of dense, shorter texts, typically not read for pleasure. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] Though used as a teaching strategy to promote second-language development, ER also applies to free voluntary reading and recreational reading both in and out of the classroom.
Your students can increase fluency in media and information through: Gaining insight as they create Wikipedia articles; Understanding the relationship between Wikipedia and other sources, such as news outlets, other encyclopedias, and academic research
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Fluency Building – A reading assignment related to the day's instructional material allows for the focus on one or two skills. Application – Students benefit from being asked to apply their newly gained knowledge independently after initial practice in the classroom.
Skimming is a process of speed reading that involves visually searching the sentences of a page for clues to the main idea or when reading an essay, it can mean reading the beginning and ending for summary information, then optionally the first sentence of each paragraph to quickly determine whether to seek still more detail, as determined by the questions or purpose of the reading.
The term "media and information literacy" is used by UNESCO [1] to differentiate the combined study from the existing study of information literacy. Renee Hobbs suggests that "few people verify the information they find online―both adults and children tend to uncritically trust information they found from whatever source." [3]
Basic research on processing fluency has been applied to marketing, [29] to business names, and to finance. For example, psychologists have determined that, during the week following their IPO, stocks perform better when their names are fluent/easy to pronounce and when their ticker symbols are pronounceable (e.g., KAG) vs. unpronounceable (e.g., KGH).
Activities which promote divergent thinking include creating lists of questions, setting aside time for thinking and meditation, brainstorming, subject mapping, bubble mapping, keeping a journal, playing tabletop role-playing games, [1] creating artwork, and free writing. In free writing, a person will focus on one particular topic and write ...