Understanding Text Comprehension Strategies

What comes to mind when you hear the word “comprehension?”

Match the following

• Application

• The teacher guides and assists students as they learn how and when to apply the strategy. 

• Modeling

• The teacher explains to students why the strategy helps comprehension and when to apply the strategy. 

• Guided Practice

• The teacher helps students practice the strategy until they can apply it independently.

• Direct explanation 

• The teacher demonstrates how to apply the strategy, usually by “thinking aloud” while reading the text that the students are using. 

What is the main purpose of teaching comprehension strategies to students?

• To make them read faster

• To help them become purposeful, active readers

• To improve their handwriting

• To increase their vocabulary

Research shows that ​ (a)   ​ (b)   techniques are particularly ​ (c)   for comprehension strategy instruction.

• explicit
• effective
• teaching
• implicit
• invalid
• learning

What is comprehension monitoring?

• A method to read aloud

• A strategy to check understanding while reading

• A way to memorise text

• A technique to summarise stories

Which of the following is NOT a part of comprehension monitoring instruction?

• Being aware of what is understood

• Identifying what is not understood

• Reading as fast as possible

• Using strategies to fix understanding problems

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) “Right There”

,

(b) “Think and Search”

,

(c) “Author and You”

,

(d) “On Your Own”

• based on the student’s own experiences and opinions

• require students to use their background knowledge and relate it to the text they have read

• answers are found right in the text

• require students to recall information from multiple places in the text

Why is it important for students to monitor their comprehension?

• To finish reading quickly

• To ensure they understand the text

• To avoid reading difficult books

• To improve their spelling

What can students do if they realise they do not understand a part of the text?

• Skip the section

• Use strategies to fix the problem

• Ignore it and continue reading

• Ask someone else to read it for them

At what stage of education can comprehension monitoring instruction be beneficial?

• Only in high school

• Only in university

• Even in the early grades

• Only in adult education