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When a child learns to read and write, he must access the schema developed in his (Question 41) ____ As he reads, the child creates pictures in his mind and uses (Question 42) ____ and points of reference to put the story (Question 43) _____. Television images do not go through a complex symbolic transformation. The mind does not have to decode and manipulate during the television experience. Watching television and playing video games do not (Question 44) _____ a child’s skills in word recognition, decoding, vocabulary, spelling or high-level thinking. The connection between television’s effects (Question 45) _____ children’s reading abilities and the (Question 46) _____ in their writing skills is clear: there is no question in the minds of educators that a student who cannot read with the true comprehension will never learn to write well. Writing, after (Question 47) _____ , is book talk, and you only learn book talk by reading. It has been shown that reading stimulates brain activity. While reading, we imagine settings, characters and we become part of the world of the story. (Question 48) ____, it has been shown that watching television prevents brain activity. Children who watch too much television are less socially developed awe Prooems maintaining (Question 49) ____ . Reading, (Question 50) ____ , of watching television, enriches our lives, develops the imagination, and intellect, and is less brain deadening. Reading is good for us, it makes one a better person.
