During Reading
Good readers are active readers. Throughout the reading process, their brains are doing something: selecting what information is important to remember, making predictions for what they think will happen next, thinking about how information relates to their purpose for reading, organizing important information in some fashion, monitoring for places where comprehension breaks down, asking and revising questions about what they are reading, and integrating their prior knowledge with the reading selection.
Struggling readers, however, don't view reading as an active process. The begin a reading selection at the top, read to the bottom, and declare the selection "read" regardless of the fact that they aren't able to recall any of the information in the selection. These readers need to be explicitly taught during reading strategies that good readers use subconsciously. Struggling readers benefit from a variety of instructional approaches that demonstrate reading skills and encourage active reading as subject content is taught.
Struggling readers, however, don't view reading as an active process. The begin a reading selection at the top, read to the bottom, and declare the selection "read" regardless of the fact that they aren't able to recall any of the information in the selection. These readers need to be explicitly taught during reading strategies that good readers use subconsciously. Struggling readers benefit from a variety of instructional approaches that demonstrate reading skills and encourage active reading as subject content is taught.