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9 results (expanded search) for "lateral-reading"
Digital & AI
SIFT Method for Fact-Checking
Stop, Investigate source, Find better coverage, Trace claim to primary source. 30 sec exposes 90%.
Digital & AI
Lateral Reading, Not Vertical
Don't read a strange site top-to-bottom. Open 5 tabs searching "about" the site, then decide trust.
Digital & AI
Tracing Claims to Primary Sources Before Sharing
Before sharing a statistic or study finding, follow the citation chain to the primary source (the study, official report) instead of trusting whoever relayed it.
Parenting
Daily Fifteen Minutes of Reading
Read with your child fifteen minutes daily — cumulative impact on language and intelligence beats any curriculum.
Parenting
Language-Rich Environment
Aim for 21,000 words a day with your child — guarding against the "30-million-word gap."
Parenting
Read-Aloud Beyond Age Seven
Keep reading aloud to your child to age 12, even if he reads alone — benefits go beyond language.
Parenting
Growth-Mindset Language for a Struggling Reader
Replace "you're not good at reading" with sentences linking difficulty to a temporary stage, not a fixed identity.
Digital & AI
Knowledge Extraction From Long PDFs
Turn a 200-page PDF into a Q&A conversation with exact-quote answers.
Digital & AI
Replace 3 Apps with Analog
Paper book vs Kindle, paper vs Notes, watch vs phone clock.