Cognitive Clarity in Reading and Writing

Cognitive clarity is used in terms of quick-grasp, comprehension, learning, thinking correctly, and success. Cognitive clarity in reading and writing comprises students' understanding of the structure and characteristics of oral and written language, and their learning of the technical terms in that language. Within this manner, several studies are conducted and Cognitive Clarity Theory in literacy is improved. This theory is an educational theory to aim at developing the learning processes of reading and writing, making it clear in students' minds and facilitating their learning process. The rationale of literacy activities of students is based on understanding of functions and features of the language. According to this theory, literacy learning process takes place in three stages: mind stage, development stage, and independent implementation stage. In case these stages are applied fast, and efficient activities are unfulfilled, students have cognitive derangement and literacy learning becomes hard. In order to prevent this situation, it is foreseen that priority should be given to the mind phase and necessary studies should be carried out in this field. In order to evaluate the clarity of mind in students a variety of measurement tools have been developed and implemented in various schools. Currently, research and dissertation studies on cognitive clarity are carried out in various universities. It is suggested that these studies should be taken into account in our country as well and more easily literacy teaching is recommended to Turkish students