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Summarizing is an important skill for students for | Summarizing is an important skill for students for | ||
* textual comprehension | * textual comprehension | ||
* | * application of ideas | ||
== Summarizing == | == Summarizing == | ||
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** processing in one's own words | ** processing in one's own words | ||
=== Elements of summarizing | === Bloom's taxonomy of learning === | ||
[[File:Blooms rose.svg|thumb|Blooms rose]] | |||
* Summarizing is an important fundamental step towards higher-order thought | |||
* per Bloom's "taxonomy" of learning | |||
** summarizing is part of the 2nd order learning category, "Comprehension" | |||
*** therefore, summarizing is essential for comprehension | |||
*** along with summarizing, per Bloom's taxonomy "Comprehension" also includes | |||
**** ''restatement, paraphrasing, illustrating, explaining, distinguishing, extending'' | |||
== Elements of summarizing == | |||
=== Active reading === | === Active reading === | ||
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*** ex. "Mackie is a happy little black, brown & red dog who loves to play with his toys" | *** ex. "Mackie is a happy little black, brown & red dog who loves to play with his toys" | ||
**** "little" and "black, brown and red" do not change the meaning that "Mackie is a happy dog who loves to play with toys" | **** "little" and "black, brown and red" do not change the meaning that "Mackie is a happy dog who loves to play with toys" | ||
== Techniques for summarizing == | |||
=== Re-statement of words & sentences === | === Re-statement of words & sentences === | ||
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* student comprehension is enhanced by re-stating in one's own words | * student comprehension is enhanced by re-stating in one's own words | ||
** it helps to discern what the student actually understands | ** it helps to discern what the student actually understands | ||
==== "Teaching it back" ==== | ==== "Teaching it back" ==== | ||
* one method to enhance summarization and student comprehension is to engage the student in "teaching it back" to someone else | * one method to enhance summarization and student comprehension is to engage the student in "teaching it back" to someone else | ||