Stage 5: Age 18 and Above

At this highest stage of reading development, readers:

  •  can read materials in the degree of detail and completeness that is needed to serve their purposes. 

  • Readers select materials to serve their purposes; they know what not to read as well as what to read. 

  • They analyze, synthesize, and make judgments about what they read. They balance their own comprehension of the words with their analysis of the content and their own ideas about the topic. 

  • At this stage, reading is constructive. The reader constructs knowledge and understanding from reading what others have written.


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