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Download full textElder, Linda; Paul, Richard – Journal of Developmental Education, 2004
This column discusses the art of engaging text while reading. To read closely, students must get beyond impressionist reading. They must come to see that simply deciphering words on a page and getting some vague sense of what is there does not translate into substantive learning. Instead, they must learn that to read well is to engage in a…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Reading Processes, Critical Reading
Paul, Richard; Elder, Linda – Journal of Developmental Education, 2004
The "Critical Thinking and the Art of Close Reading" series (which includes this column and three others) focuses on some of the most basic understandings necessary for close reading (Paul & Elder, 2003). To read well, in addition to having these understandings, students must be able to identify the big picture within a text, to determine the key…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking
Elder, Linda; Paul, Richard – Journal of Developmental Education, 2004
The typical college student is unable to deeply comprehend what he or she reads. Most students have few, if any, intellectual tools that would enable them to read deeply, and then apply what they have read. The "Critical Thinking and the Art of Close Reading" series (which includes this column and the past three columns) focuses on some of the…
Descriptors: Reading Skills, Reading Comprehension, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking
