HOW?

Step #1 Access Hypothesis & Understand Its Features

highlight
annotate
make a note
respond to a note

BEFORE READING

activating prior knowledge, defining terms, considering reading strategies

Step #2 Read & Annotate Using Hypothesis

Article 1: - Research Study The Influence of Text Annotation Tools on Print and Digital Reading Comprehension (read only the introduction and the results)

Article 2: Education Weekly - Digital Reading Poses Learning Challenges for Students

Article 3: KQED News - Can Students Go Deep with Digital Reading?

Article 4: Scientific American - The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: the Science of Paper vs. Screens

DURING READING

Essential Question - How and why do we need to scaffold students' close reading, especially when it comes to digital texts?

highlight key points - must annotate
- Why is this important?
- What questions do it raise?
- What's confusing or surprising about it?
- What does this make you think about or wonder?
respond to someone else's annotation - at least once

AFTER READING

Step #3 Sharing with Your Group

Give your group members a 60 second summary of your article, pointing to the key items that you annotated, as well as the questions and problems the article raised for you.

Step #4 Individual Big Takeaways

Consider all the ideas shared from the four articles. What are the most significant takeaways from the readings for you?

A. Post your takeaways to the Padlet using DIFFERENT posts for each idea.

B. Comment on someone else's takeaway by responding or drawing a connection.

Close Reading and Digital AnnotatonUniversity of Michigan MAT

Step #5 - Debrief the Reading Experience

1. Did you read from beginning to end?

2. When did you decide to highlight, annotate, or comment?

3. Did using the annotation tool improve your comprehension of and engagement with the article? How?

3. What was your self-monitoring like?

4. What was challenging about the experience?

The Bottom Line

"According to the cognitive perspective, text comprehension depends on the interaction between the structure of the text and the cognitive abilities of the reader. The structural differences between print and digital formats have a dramatic effect on readers' ability to self regulate learning and effectively employ monitoring strategies, which influence their level of comprehension (e.g. Ackerman & Goldsmith, 2011; Rouet, 2000). According to this perspective, our finding, that annotation did not influence comprehension in the digital condition could be explained, at least partially, by the high cognitive load that results from the structure of a digital text." (p. 33)

from The Influence of Text Annotation Tools on Print and Digital Reading Comprehension

Step #6 - Analyze the Tool

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