Ave Maria. These are definitions of reading by many authors. This was only compiled for scholastic requirements. I apologize for any mistakes. I suggest re-clarifying the data before doing anything else with it. thank u. God bless.

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before furtheringanyplans.The collectorapologizesaheadforanydiscrepancies.:) If there isawishfor
an original script,don’tbe a stranger.
This was only meant for scholasticrequirements.I disclaimas much as there is a needto.
1. PartnershipforReading,National Reading Panel ReadingFirstLaw
 Readingis"a complex systemof derivingmeaningfromprint"thatrequiresan
understandingof how speechsoundsare relatedtoprint,decoding(wordidentification)
skills,fluency,vocabularyandbackgroundknowledge,active comprehensionstrategies,
and a motivationtoread.
2. Nell Duke andP.DavidPearson
 A journeytowardeverincreasingabilityto comprehendtexts, andteachersare the tour
guides,ensuringthatstudentsstayoncourse,pausingtomake sure theyappreciate the
landscape of understanding,andencouragingthe occasional diversiondownaninviting
and interestingcul-de-sacorby way.
3. RobertRuddell,MarthaRapp Ruddell,andHarrySinger
 “Readingisthe thoughtof makingmeaning.It isanunderstandingof whatthe writeris
saying.”
4. Diane HenryLeipzig
 Readingisa multifacetedprocessinvolvingwordrecognition,comprehension,fluency,
and motivation....Coordinate identifyingwordsandmakingmeaningsothatreadingis
automaticand accurate – an achievementcalledfluency.
5. Christine Cziko,CynthiaGreenleaf, Lori Hurwitz,RuthSchoenbach
 Readingisnota straightforwardprocessof liftingthe wordsoff the page.Itisa complex
processof problemsolvinginwhichthe readerworkstomake sense of a textnotjust
fromthe wordsandsentencesonthe page but alsofromthe ideas,memories,and
knowledge evokedbythose wordsandsentences.
6. KennethGoodman
 a receptive psycholinguisticprocesswhereinthe actorusesstrategiestocreate meaning
fromtext
 Readingisa precise process.Itinvolvesexact,detailed, sequentialperceptionand
identificationof letters,words,spellingpatternsandlargerlanguage units.
7. Adams

2.  The abilitytoidentifyprintedwords isnecessarybutnotsufficientforreading;itmust
be backedup by well-oiledmechanismsof language comprehension.Readingdepends
on a systemof skillswhose componentsmust meshproperly.
8. Barr, Sadow,and Blachowicz
 Readingisan active processinwhichreadersinteractwithtexttoreconstructthe
message of the author.Researchinrecentyearsemphasizesthe extenttowhichreading
dependsonthe backgroundknowledge of readers.Printedsymbolsare signswhichlead
an active mindto reflectonalternativesduringthe processof constructingknowledge.
9. Deschant
 Readingisclearlyaprocesswhichis complete onlywhencomprehensionisattained.
The critical elementisthatthe readerreconstructs the message encodedinthe written
language.Full comprehensionoccurswhenthe reconstructionagreeswiththe writer’s
intendedmessage…Thatcomprehensiondependsasmuchor evenmore onthe
informationstoredinthe reader’sbrainthanonthe informationstoredinthe text.
10. Flesch
 Readingmeansgettingmeaningfromcertaincombinationsof letters.Teach the child
whateach letterstandsforand he can read…wordsare writtenbyputting downletters
fromleftto right.
11. Klein,Peterson,andSimington
 Most of the contemporarydefinitionsof readinginclude the following:readingisa
process,readingisstrategic,readingisinteractive,andreadinginstructionrequires
orchestration.