What skills does the strategy build?
(The Hidden Skills of Academic Literacy)
Read and Study
Collect/organize ideas through note making
Make sense of abstract academic vocabulary
Read/interpret visuals
Reason and Analyze
Draw conclusions; make/test inferences,
hypotheses, conjectures
Conduct comparisons using criteria
Analyze demands of a variety of questions
Create and Communicate
Write clear, coherent explanations
Write comfortably in major nonfiction genres*
Read and write about two or more documents
Reflect and Relate
Construct plans to address questions and
tasks
Use criteria and guidelines to evaluate work
Control/alter mood and impulsivity