Adriana.yera003
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editHello, Adriana.yera003, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 13:07, 5 September 2018 (UTC)
Reading comprehension
editHi! I have a few notes for you on your addition: The first is to just be careful of phrases like "very important", as importance is subjective to the person looking at the article, as they may have a different opinion. We can attribute claims to people, but claims of something being important should not come across as coming from Wikipedia itself since that implies that it's not an impartial article. Secondly, be careful of sourcing as not everything is usable as a reliable source. For example, Reading Rockets looks to be a good source since it's put out by PBS, which is generally known for having good editorial oversight and verifying its material. However the Time4Learning site is more problematic, as it's an e-commerce site. The goal there is ultimately to get people to sign up for their services. We also can't really verify their editorial control or how well they verify material. A better source for this would be a scholarly or academic source like this book that was published by Springer - it not only backs up the claim that reading comprehension skills can be learned online, but it also goes a bit farther with this by stating the claim that these skills can differ depending on whether they're online or offline as well as that people have questioned whether or not it's beneficial to study online before they gain offline skills. I don't see where these last two are on the article, so if you're interested in continuing to work on the article, these would be good areas to focus on.
On a side note, I'm pleased to see that you're working on this topic area. Reading comprehension is definitely an important topic that gets overlooked by many people! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 19:47, 20 September 2018 (UTC)