I was just thinking about Independence Day and it occurred to me that the goal of the Schoenbach etal. model is to give their students the strategies, motivation and cognitive skills to become independent readers. When that happens, they are no longer dependent on other people's interpretations of information,but are free to make their own informed opinions based on the knowledge they glean from their reading. What a powerful gift!
You're definitely right. Once people become independent readers, they are able to form their own thoughts and opinions without the influence of others' ideas.
ReplyDeleteAnna that was a hilarious you tube. thank you for your thoughts on reading and how readers can have thier own Indepenendce Day, thta was very insightful. Melissa
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