5 SUPER-POWER THINKING STRATEGIES FOR A STUDENT TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

PREDICTIVE THINKING
Good reader are very sensitive when it comes to reading.They don't just jump on text and

speed up reading.The first thinking step a good reader will do is maknig certain predictions

about thoughts,events,outcomes and conclusions.Predictive thoughts determine how well and

how much you are going to understanding the reading text.The following two things are going to

happen with your predictions:

1.Your predictions might be denied by the reading text.

2.Your predictions might be confirmed.

Making predictions is a very sensitive thinking strategy for every good reader.Only bad readers

jsut jump on facts and start reading.


PICTORAL IMAGE CREATION

A good reader should be able to create images by turning words into ideas.When reading,you

should be able to turn the information from the text material into image.Images are like movies

in a reader's mind.Images which you are able to create in your mind through reading increase

your understanding of what you read.


RELATIVE DIFFERENCES

Another thinking strategy which is adopted by a good reader is drawing comparisons between

the existing knowledge and the new information.Most of your predictions should be primarily

based on your existing knowledge,the new information you have obtained from reading should

therefore deny or confirm your predictions.This is the main thing that determines the reason

why you are reading.

REBUILDING YOUR COMPREHENSION STATUS

Another thing which building way of thinking of a good reader is building comprehension

status.Checking your understanding by monitoring how it goes inside your memory.Remember

that whatever that is comprehended by you will be in your memory.If certain information seems

unclear,you should go back and re-read or if you discover an unknown word,a good reader will

stop and seek for the meaning.This reading attitude will rebuild your comprehension level.Good

readers seek to resolve all kinds of difficulties when they occur.

GAPS CONTROL IN UNDERSTANDING

Gaps in reading cannot be done away with when you are rading.It is an attitude of a good reader

to stop,check and correct those gaps.Gaps are bad signals which can carelessly result failure if

attention is not paid to that very area until they are resolved.Good readers are not discouraged

and get confused because of gaps.What you should do is reanalyze and sythesize.


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