First of all, the student should read the subject to get a good lead of the essay. Then, he should browse through the pages without actually reading line by line, this helps to get a general gist of the topic to be studied. The third and most important stage is reading through carefully and making notes were one thinks requires more stress.
There are a few different scales that I have seen. This is the one we talked about in my college Reading class.
Emergent, Early, Developing and Fluent. These are pretty much standard, with the addition of Pre-Emergent, in some cases.
Here is a website I found useful to explain each stage in more detail. http://www.sarasota.k12.fl.us/sarasota/develstgrd.htm
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Stage 1 - INITIAL DECODING
The majority of students who experience difficulty acquiring decoding skills do so not because of visual perceptual problems, as commonly believed in the past, but because of problems with the phonological aspects of language.
An understanding of the phonetic structure of the English language is a must if a poor reader is to become a good reader.
Stage 2 - FLUENCY
It is only when the decoding process becomes automatic that is, both accurate and rapid that attention is freed for higher-level reading comprehension skills.
Without rapid word recognition, one cannot go on to stage 3.
Stage 3 - READING FOR MEANING
Once reading becomes both accurate and fluent, the task of reading becomes one of understanding the content. It is during this stage that students expand their knowledge base.
Students who are reading below their grade level lack significantly in their knowledge base.
Stage 4 - RELATIONSHIPS AND VIEWPOINTS
In stage 4, students learn to read more complex materials from various sources. Effective reading is critical to success.
A child that has difficulty in reading falls further behind in school.
Stage 5 - SYNTHESIS
Ideally, this is the type of intellectual pursuit that occurs at the college level. The reader synthesizes information from a variety of sources to form hypotheses. Stage 5 reading emerges as a result of intensive study in a content area.
The three elements of critical reading are analysis (breaking down the text to understand its parts), synthesis (combining information to form new ideas), and evaluation (judging the quality and relevance of the text).
Most schools are looking for the sum of your Critical Reading and Math scores only.
70 minutes.
critical reading
CRITICAL
It means that you think hard to succeed reading
Peter Mather has written: 'Feeding behaviour' 'The art of critical reading' -- subject(s): Critical thinking, Study skills, Reading (Higher education) 'The art of critical reading' -- subject(s): Critical thinking, Study skills, Reading (Higher education)
Deanne Milan Spears has written: 'Developing critical reading skills' 'Developing critical reading skills' -- subject(s): Reading comprehension, Reading (Higher education)
Quad-Entry diary
A gerund is a verb that functions as a noun. eg I like reading -- Here the verb reading is functioning as a noun.
It is critical, except when
Reading can act as a gerund when it functions as a noun, such as in the phrase "I enjoy reading." In this case, "reading" is a noun that represents the activity of reading.