The Active View of Reading

We present a theory, which we call the active view of reading, that is an expansion of the simple view and can be used to convey these important advances to current and future educators.  We discuss the need to lift up updated theories and models to guide practitioners’ work in supporting students’ reading development in classrooms and interventions.

~ Duke and Cartwright, 2021

The Active View of Reading recognizes there are causes of some reading difficulties that stretch beyond word recognition and language comprehension. It also identifies processes that bridge these constructs of reading, while also identifying & recognizing the role that active self-regulation plays in reading.