Pedagogy Jan 2016

A Genre-Based Approach to Digital Reading

Janine Morris

Abstract

While reading research often collapses or creates a binary between print and digital reading, this article argues that this approach ignores the overlap between the reading strategies we use when reading both print and digital texts. Using a genre-based approach to digital reading, this article proposes that greater attention to students' reading practices and to the genres (including conventions and contexts) students read will help them become more purposeful readers in our classrooms.

Journal
Pedagogy
Published
2016-01-01
DOI
10.1215/15314200-3158685
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Cited by in this index (3)

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    Writing between the Lines
    Pedagogy
  2. Overstreet (2021)
    Networked Reading: How Digital Reading Experts Use Their Tools
    College English
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    Pedagogy

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