> What the authors propose is to say that strategies are "deliberate, > > goal-directed attempts to control and modify the reader's efforts to decode > text, to > understand words and construct meanings of text. Reading skills > are automatic > actions that result in decoding and comprehension with speed, > efficiency and > fluency and usually occur without awareness of the > components or control > involved. Hi Jennifer, Do the authors give any examples that would help us to understand this difference? I am currently teaching an on-line graduate level reading course. I find that my participants use the terms strategy and skill interchangeably. They also refer to things like graphic organizers as strategies. Diana _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.
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