When I consider the correlation of reading and thinking I think of just how connected the two are. As a reader, I could not imagine myself reading without any thinking involved. There are times when I find myself reading for pleasure and before I notice, my thoughts have subconsciously started flowing.
As I am now a teacher of all things, and styles, of reading I have become more aware of the fact that reading and thinking work hand-in-hand because there is a need to comprehend anything we read, no matter the purpose of reading. This is why it is important that students are taught the use of metacognition because it makes us more aware of our thoughts as we read so that we are better able to synthesize new information.
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