I have written this book to put forward a new theory of reading the cognitive clarity theory but the book is not all theory i have tried to show how this theory can help students teachers and parents to improve childrens education in reading at home and at school. Reading and reasoning doi101598 e ssentials8026 c 2013 international reading association. The reasoning reading workbooks develop basic language and thinking skills that build the foundation for reading comprehension exercises reinforce reading as a critical reasoning activity many exercises encourage students to come up with their own response in instances in which there is no single correct answer. Exercises reinforce reading as a critical reasoning activity many exercises encourage students to come up with their own response in instances where there is no single correct answer in other cases exercises lend themselves to students working collaboratively to see how many different answers satisfy a question