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The Importance of Deep Reading: The Essay That Named the Stakes

The 2009 Educational Leadership essay where Wolf and Barzillai defined deep reading for educators.

Maryanne Wolf & Mirit Barzillai

Mar 1, 2009

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The 2009 Educational Leadership essay where Wolf and Barzillai gave educators a definition of deep reading — inference, analogy, critical analysis, empathy, reflection — and asked, years ahead of the curve, what digital reading would do to it.

The essay is indexed at Semantic Scholar.

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