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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.

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.

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