Post here if you've chosen good reader/reading as the construct most relevant to your research question, but please read "Thursday's (7/28/11) Work" post first if you haven't already. If you've chosen a different construct. you don't need to respond to this one.
I want you to be as detailed as possible in your responses to these questions, so please don't think about answering this post in list or Q&A form. Try to compose paragraphs that get at all of the questions, but in a coherent, well thought through way.
--What is your idea of good reading?
--Where have your ideas about what it means to be a "good reader" come from?
--How have the readings we've done so far influenced your ideas about what good readers do?
--What misconceptions do you think people have about "good readers" or "good reading"?
--How might we go about changing those misconceptions?
Remember to read everyone's comments and make at least 1 additional reply (though what I really hope to see is a conversation develop and your collective ideas advance about the issue).
Good reading is being able to understand everything that has been read and being able to discuss what they read. My idea of a good reader: takes notes, highlights important material, understands the text, and re-reads through notes. These ideas that I have of good reading comes from what I’ve been taught all through grade school. At a young age they drill us with numbering our paragraphs, writing a brief summary, and highlighting the title. After a while they stuck with me, and it’s seemed to have worked. I still number my paragraphs, take notes, and highlight when needed. Once I started attending college my philosophy professor made it clear that she wanted to see our page marked up with notes, and numbers on every paragraph. For my college professor to be making it mandatory means it’s useful for a lifetime. There have also been some readings that have influenced new ideas on my conception of being a reader, which is by Christina Haas and Linda Flower, they talk about how being a “rhetorical reader” may improve critical thinking. Reading that article helps me understand that being a rhetorical reader may help me learn how to become a better reader. I feel that I have misconceptions about readers, because I feel they can read a whole book and understand it, when that’s not even the case. Another is I’m sure many of us believe what we read; little do we know it’s someone’s own opinion and thought. We can change those misconceptions by bewaring readers that not everything they read is true. What they are reading are called “claims,” that are longed to be called facts. Another way is by teaching students that if we read “rhetorically” it will make a good impact on us. Instead of reading to exchange information, it will help students become experienced readers over time.
ReplyDeleteGood reading is when a person reads carefully and understands what they are reading. When the person reads they can figure what they issue, conclusion, and even the main idea about the whole story. I think my ideas of what a good reader comes from is from my mom because my mom is also a student in Panam and i think she is a great example of what a good reader is. When it comes to reading she always has a highlighter or a paper and a pen because she highlights important things or takes down notes. The readings we have read have influenced in a way because know that i read i read slow and know understand what is going on in the text. The misconception that people have about reading and being a good reader is that people think good readers have good reading maybe possible but good reading doesn't mean they are good readers like myself.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Brenda because good reading has been taught throughtout all grade school and maybe much more. Also the way that you highlight and the taking notes part i agree too because thats the way people are suppose to do to have a good reading .
ReplyDeleteMerilyn you metioned something that I didn't that is "Good reading is when a person reads carefully..." That is very good, I forgot to mention that in my post. I'm glad I was able to learn something off of your post! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThe articles from what I’ve read throughout the semester have grasped my attention about what we should really be looking for and doing when we read and write. They gave me whole new ideas on how I can improve and what I should be doing. Unlike before, I used to only read for information and facts instead of reading rhetorically. Being a good reader is being able to construct meaning and use critical thinking to develop skills you didn’t used to use before as a reader. Students don’t go beyond the construction representation as going ahead from the contexts, using purposeful actions and effects that are intended to improve our ways of reading. If you are able to use these structures of reading then you are a good reader. Haas and Flower enlightened the way reading should be done and what areas we need to change when we read. Reading isn’t just about the information given to us but what we need to think about. It’s a difficult process to be able to learn because some students develop how to read rhetorically on their own and other students have trouble with it. Misconceptions students may have are not being able to learn how to read rhetorically and falling behind from other students who know how to be a good reader. Not many students know that the reading that we do are opinions and we can change what we think about from what the author says. Everybody has a different opinion about everything and you have the ability to have different thoughts and say what your opinions are when you write. The articles i've read have gave me a different perspective when it comes to my reading and with what i've learned i hope i can improve my readings in the future.
ReplyDeleteMerilyn describes the things we need for being a good reader instead of going into detail about reading rhetorically. Although paper and highlighters are important to do throughout the reading she should have gone into more detail about being a good reader. But she did have some good ideas as to how to prepare when reading.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Brenda part of being a good reader is to take notes and highlight things that might be important. I would also add that a good reader writes down a word not understood and later looks it up.
ReplyDeleteGood reading to me is someone who reads a piece of information and understands what the author is trying to say. Also someone who can give a presentation on the material read because that means more critical thinking was involved. Good reading also involves being able to write a paper on what was read without having to copy word for word but by grouping different sentences in our own words. I don’t read unless I have to and all of my knowledge about being a good reader comes from school. I feel I am just starting to learn what kind of a reader I am. The readings in this class have really opened up my eyes on how to become a better reader.
ReplyDeleteI feel that some of the misconceptions about “good readers” are that if you read fast then you are a good reader. I don’t agree with that misconception because being a good reader is more than that. A good reader analysis the information and tries to see what the author is trying to say and why. Another misconception is that if you have done the reading then you should be fine in passing the quiz. Sometimes we are in a hurry and we find ourselves reading information we don’t understand and often in a hurry that we don’t do what we should, for example looking up every word we don’t understand. I am guilty of this, especially with readings that are older. I feel this misconception is already being improved. One good example is that my daughter is in 2nd grade and every day they read a short story, then they take a short quiz about the story which has 5 or 6 questions. My daughter has mentioned to me that there is a boy in her class who reads really fast but gets really low grades on the quiz. The boy is reading fast yes, but he is not taking the time to think and analyze how and why the story is about.