Vacca, Vacca, and Mraz (2011) discuss how students are expected to learn more with the texts at a higher frequency as they progress through their schooling. Students can merely read what is before them, or they can study it. What is the difference?
Frequently, I read through news articles. I tend to gravitate towards articles on health related issues. When reading something that I find interesting, such as an Aleccia (2014) article today about a cluster of birth defects in Washington state, I will read through the article and then continue reading about the subject matter to gain more information about what I have read. If I had only read that particular article, I would have retained some of the information that I read. For that particular article, I studied the topic in greater depth and could tell you about what the article discussed plus additional information that I read by further reading about the subject through other sources.
Is it necessary to study every text one reads? Definitely no. I think at times, we will study a text because we are required to and the other times we study a text is out of personal interest on a particular topic.
References
Aleccia, J. (2014, February 17). 'Bizarre' Cluster of Severe Birth
Defects Haunts Health Experts,
NBC News. Retrieved from http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/bizarre-cluster-severe-
birth-defects-haunts-health-experts-n24986
Vacca, R.T., Vacca, J. L. & Mraz, M. (2011). Content area reading: literacy and learning across
the curriculum. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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