Coming to texts as experts Lesson 12: Tackling complexity Nonfiction

From the book: How People Learn; Brain, Mind, Experience and School 1. Experts notice features and meaningful patterns of information that are not noticed by novices. 2. Experts have acquired a great deal of content knowledge that is organized in ways that reflect a deep understanding of their subject matter.

Teaching point Today I want to teach you that readers come to texts differently once they have some expertise on their topic. You’ll come to texts with a knowledge of what’s important to know about your topic, the main ideas, and you read differently, and see more, because you have this knowledge in mind.

As you head off, you should be reading differently Remember to use your system you developed to help you record main ideas you’re learning. See more than a novice would, because you are experts again.

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