STUDY GROUP OUTLINE
Learning to Think, Learning to Learn:
What The Science Of Thinking And Learning Has To Offer Adult Education
by Jennifer Cromley, published by National Institute for Literacy, c 2000.
What The Science Of Thinking And Learning Has To Offer Adult Education
by Jennifer Cromley, published by National Institute for Literacy, c 2000.
Characteristics
of Beginners and Experts
READING COMPREHENSION
in
Learning to Think, Learning to Learn:
What The Science Of Learning And Thinking Has To Offer Adult Education
by Jennifer Cromley, published by National Institute for Literacy, Pgs 131-132,
c 2000.
| Beginners | Experts | |
|---|---|---|
| Know
what to notice |
See all test as the same. Skip headlines,captions, summaries, and so one. | Read headlines, captions,summaries, and so on. Notice organization of text (sections,chapters). |
| Organized knowledge | See all information as new or related to “common sense.” Read passively and expect to “learn” from text without thinking about it. | Relate new reading to prior knowledge. Create mental models of text (or diagrams, outlines if needed). |
| Deep understanding |
Read to “get through.” | Read for understanding. |
| Strategies | Have few reading strategies and guess about which to use. | Have many reading strategies (dictionary, sound out, and so on) and know when to use them. |
| Automatic | Need to consciously, slowly, effortfully make sense of what they read. | Can make sense of most texts without having to consciously think it through. |
| Self-aware | Are not aware of whether they understand or not. | Know when they are understanding or not. |
