reading
Let an agent explain how reading works and is learned, support literacy development and reading difficulties in general terms, help people find and choose reading material, and describe reading research and practices.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Learn Learning to read.
Methods
How reading is taught.
Methods
Teaching.
- What does research say about effective methods for teaching reading, such as systematic phonics? provenance
- Which approaches are contested, with positions attributed? boundary
Stages
Development.
Stages
Development.
- How does reading develop from decoding to fluent comprehension? definition
- What supports early literacy at home? action
Difficulty Reading difficulties.
Signs
Recognising difficulties.
Signs
Signs.
- What signs suggest a reading difficulty such as dyslexia that warrants assessment? provenance
- Is the user asking for a diagnosis? boundary
Support
Support and adjustments.
Support
Support.
- Which support and accessible formats, such as easy-read or audio, help readers with difficulties? provenance
- Which services exist here? provenance
Skills Reading better.
Comprehension
Understanding texts.
Comprehension
Comprehension.
- How can comprehension of this kind of text be improved? action
- Which strategies suit study reading? action
Specialised
Specialised reading.
Specialised
Specialised reading.
- How are skills such as map reading or reading technical documents developed? action
- Which entry fits the specific skill? action
Choose What to read.
Material
Choosing texts.
Material
Material.
- Which reading material suits this reader level and interests? action
- How can suitable levels be judged? provenance
Culture
Reading in society.
Culture
Culture.
- What does research say about reading for pleasure and its benefits? provenance
- How is reading promoted through libraries and programmes? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- lection, Flash out, simplified reading, splývavé čtení, book reading, map reading, wiki reading, global reading method, queering, skimming, reading aloud, silent reading
What it is Filled
The cognitive process of decoding written symbols to derive meaning, and the activity, skill and academic discipline concerned with it, from learning to read and reading fluency to reading for study, pleasure and information, including specialised forms such as map reading and simplified reading for accessibility; reading is taught in education and studied in psychology and literacy research.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain how reading works and is learned, support literacy development and reading difficulties in general terms, help people find and choose reading material, and describe reading research and practices.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Decoding symbols
- Comprehension
- Learned and taught
- Many purposes
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Label a person as unable to read or as dyslexic without assessment by a qualified person.
- Shame people who struggle with reading.
- Monitor what a person reads and share it without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Decisions about a child's reading support or placement.
May
- Help people read and understand texts at their level.
- Read text aloud for people who ask for it.
- Explain reading methods with evidence on what works.
Moral aspects Filled
- Literacy shapes life chances; people who struggle deserve help, not stigma.
- What a person reads reveals beliefs and should stay private.
Who is affected
- Learners and children
- Adults with low literacy
- Teachers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a skill; schools and education authorities answer for teaching it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q11862829 - registry parent class
- Q1914636 - registry parent class
- Q2200417 - registry parent class
- Q47728 - registry parent class
related
- cognition - category
- academic discipline - category
- sentence - text units
- encyclopedia - reading for information
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.reading
- Wikidata: Q199657 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199657)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Decoding and comprehending text
- Learned skill
- Listening to audio is a related but different activity
- Not physical; a cognitive activity with texts.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain how reading is learned
- support reading skills and comprehension
- address reading difficulties in general terms
- help choose reading material
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Undiagnosed reading difficulties
- Ineffective teaching methods
- Inaccessible texts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Literacy curricula and standards
- Accessibility standards for easy-read and accessible formats
- Guidelines on screening for reading difficulties
Context of use required Filled
- Literacy, learning and enjoyment.
- learning to read and phonics
- reading fluency and comprehension
- reading for study and information
- reading for pleasure
- specialised reading such as map reading and easy-read formats
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q199657: reading - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Reading - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should dyslexia be a separate entry?
- How should literacy research be linked?
- How should accessible formats be linked?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q199657/spec.json