Reading Comprehension Strategies

Kathleen Jasper discusses strategies to enhance reading comprehension for students and teachers preparing for certification exams. She emphasizes the importance of comprehension as a critical thinking skill, outlines foundational skills needed, and provides pre-reading, during reading, and after reading strategies. The video also highlights resources available for teachers to improve their teaching methods.

What is the primary focus of reading comprehension strategies discussed in the video?

• Improving vocabulary

• Enhancing critical thinking

• Increasing reading speed

• Memorizing text

Why is comprehension considered a higher-order thinking skill?

• It is about reading quickly

• It focuses on identifying keywords

• It requires understanding and predicting

• It involves memorizing facts

Which foundational skill is NOT mentioned as necessary for comprehension?

• Phonemic awareness

• Fluency

• Speed reading

• Decoding

What is the purpose of activating background knowledge before reading?

• To identify keywords

• To increase reading speed

• To connect new information with what is already known

• To memorize the text

Which strategy involves students thinking about their thinking during reading?

• Speed reading

• Read aloud think aloud

• Keyword identification

• Silent reading

What type of questions should be asked after reading to enhance comprehension?

• Multiple-choice questions

• Yes or no questions

• Higher-order questions

• Simple recall questions

What is recommended for teachers when answering questions on certification exams?

• Focus on one or two strategies

• Memorize the text

• Use all strategies discussed

• Ignore the strategies