Poor Reader

A Poor Reader is a reader with a poor reading score.

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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Good Reader.
• See: Reading Comprehension Capability, Passive Reader.

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References

1991

• (Dole et al., 1991) ⇒ Janice A. Dole, Gerald G. Duffy, Laura R. Roehler, and P. David Pearson. (1991). “Moving From the Old to the New: Research on Reading Comprehension Instruction.” Review of Educational Research, 61(2), 239-264. doi:10.3102/00346543061002239
  • However, most, if not all, school-based reading requires readers to determine author-based (which is usually thought to be identical to text-based) importance rather than reader-based importance. Good reader/poor reader studies have consistently found that good readers are better able to judge author-based importance than are poor readers (Afflerbach, 1986; Englert & Hiebert, 1984; Johnston & Afflerbach, 1985; Winograd, 1984). Winograd and Bridge (1986) and Afflerbach (1986) found that good readers accomplish this task in three ways. First, good readers use their general world knowledge and domain-specific knowledge to allow access to and evaluation of the content of the text. Second, good readers use their knowledge of author biases, intentions, and goals to help determine importance. Third, good readers use their knowledge of text structure to help them identify and organize information.

1988

• (Duffy et al., 1988) ⇒ Gerald G. Duffy, Laura R. Roehler, and B. A. Herrmann. (1988). “Modeling Mental Processes Helps Poor Readers Become Strategic Readers.” The Reading Teacher, 41, 162-161

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