{"id":8003,"date":"2024-11-17T14:35:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T14:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eltweekly.com\/?p=8003"},"modified":"2024-11-17T14:35:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T14:35:26","slug":"edutopia-on-helping-students-read-complex-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltweekly.humbeestudio.xyz\/?p=8003","title":{"rendered":"EduTopia on Helping Students Read Complex Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/\">EduTopia<\/a> contributor Andrew Boryga has published an article on helping students read complex texts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He says, &#8220;We\u2019ve all had the experience. We\u2019re reading along and suddenly realize that although our eyes are scanning the words on the page, nothing is actually registering. Minutes pass before we take our bearings and see that we\u2019ve lost the plot entirely\u2014pun intended.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In classrooms, students tend to experience this drift in attention while reading texts that are challenging or highly technical\u2014the sorts of jargon-rich passages middle schoolers and high schoolers might encounter in science, math, or history. In many ways, the mind-wandering itself is unavoidable: Not everything we put in front of students will captivate them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/psycnet.apa.org\/fulltext\/2025-06334-003.html\">2024 study<\/a>\u00a0of \u201cmindless reading,\u201d researchers from the University of W\u00fcrzburg tracked the reading speed and attention of undergrads poring over a complex science text. 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