By going beyond assigning and telling, teachers shift the burden of learning to their students. Students who struggle with texts are often unaware of reading strategies or ways of interacting with texts. Interactions and transactions between the reader and the text. Constructing meaning from the text. Thinking with texts invites discourse.
People negotiate meaning based on memories.
Language is crucial to learning and making sense of the world. Connections between reader and memory provide a framework for the reader to discover, select, organize, and elaborate on information. Students need to learn the importance of interacting with texts and how to begin. Method Reading course discussion, October 1996.