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Mind Magnets
Author(s) -
Fortenberry Callie L.,
Fowler Teri W.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.60.4.7
Subject(s) - comprehension , reading comprehension , metacognition , psychology , meaning (existential) , cognitive psychology , plan (archaeology) , reading (process) , cognitive science , linguistics , mathematics education , computer science , cognition , programming language , neuroscience , psychotherapist , history , philosophy , archaeology
Mind magnets are maps to guide instruction and facilitate the comprehension processes. They extend individual comprehension strategy instruction, which does not typically show students how to link application of appropriate strategies to whole texts. The mind magnet framework allows teachers to plan powerful interactions between the reader and the text to maximize comprehension. A mind magnet is not a strategy but rather a technique used to activate the metacognitive processes of knowing how and when to apply a strategy to enhance comprehension. Mind magnets employ before‐, during‐, and after‐reading activities designed to attract the reader's thoughts to elements of text critical for meaning construction.