Discussions that
support text comprehension also include a focus that connects with learners» background knowledge (for example, using the text or personal experience) and require teachers and students to make comments that build on what others have said (Goldenberg, 1992/1993; Murphy et al., 2009).
Not exact matches
These anecdotes are
supported by research showing that students who are taught to develop mental imagery of
text do better than control groups on tests of
comprehension and recall.
In accord with research - based best practices for improving
text -
comprehension and reasoning skills, College Prep's discussion practices emphasize acquiring and retrieving multiple meanings from the
text, finding the appropriate evidence to
support that point of view, and letting students steer the discussion.
Other research, including the study «Prior knowledge activation: Inducing engagement with informational
texts,»
supports the idea that activating prior knowledge is a critical step in the learning process and a major factor in reading
comprehension.
Gods and Godessess - Basic introduction, simple language Gods and Goddesess - Going to the Temple Simple
comprehension - 2 versions, one is colour coded to
support learners in finding the answers in the
text.
- Activities are designed to
support the skills needed for the new GCSE specification, including «reading between the lines», looking for gist and interpreting
texts beyond basic - level
comprehension.
This reading
comprehension resource
supports a BBC Newsround
text about the Cassini space probe.
This reading
comprehension resource
supports a BBC Newsround
text which covers the announcement of the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle...
Our ultimate goal is to highlight the importance of ongoing adolescent language development for educators, researchers, and policy makers by revealing how teachers» and students» ways of using language
support advances in students»
text comprehension, academic writing, and school achievement.
Electronic
text presents particular challenges to
comprehension (e.g., challenges stemming from the nonlinear nature of hypertext), but it also offers the potential to
support comprehension by providing links to definitions of unknown words or to other supplementary material.
While these words have precise definitions in the field of psychometrics, the experts essentially want the same thing parents and teachers want: a math test that doesn't measure students» reading
comprehension but whether they can add fractions; an English test that doesn't measure what students know about the Revolutionary War but how well they can use sample
text to
support an argument.
This reading
comprehension supports a
text from the Holocaust Memorial Trust.
Interactive Read Aloud is a reading
comprehension strategy in which a teacher actively engages students in repeatedly reading a single
text, incrementally increasing the rigor of the readings in order to
support students in reaching deeper levels of
comprehension.
Research indicates that we build
comprehension through the teaching of
comprehension strategies and environments that
support an understanding of
text.
During each conference, a student has the opportunity to read a selection of a
text with
support, answer
comprehension questions given by the teacher, and / or discuss reading behaviors and book selection.
Middle School Matters Field Guide Alignment Reading and Reading Interventions Reading Principle 4: Teach students to use reading
comprehension strategies; Reading Principle 6: Guide students during
text - related oral and written activities that
support the interpretation, analysis, and summarization of
text.
Introducing children to a range of
texts and reading experiences could
support the development of pupils» reading
comprehension, and their inference skills in particular.
Author Jay McTighe (Understanding by Design) explains how personal meaning making can
support transfer goals in complex
text comprehension.
My intervention consisted of me teaching five reading strategies that
support students» reading
comprehension: «right there» questions, wondering questions, identifying and annotating key information, coding
text, and identifying the reading purpose.
SIOP includes teaching
comprehension of the content for students through techniques such as the use of visual aids, modeling, demonstrations, graphic organizers, vocabulary previews, predictions, adapted
texts, cooperative learning, peer tutoring, multicultural content and native language
support.
When
text is structured in a sequential format, using signal words such as first, second, and last can
support comprehension (Beers, 2002).
We investigated the roles of classroom
supports for multiple motivations and engagement in students» informational
text comprehension, motivation, and engagement.
Unfortunately, too many older students do not receive the
support they need to help them grow from fluent decoders into strategic readers — readers who know how to activate prior knowledge before, during, and after reading; decide what's important in a
text; synthesize information; draw inferences during and after reading; ask questions; and self - monitor and repair faulty
comprehension (Robb, 2000).
Strategic scaffolding is provided through explicit instruction in how to read various types of social studies
texts and apply active reading strategies to
support comprehension.
Discover ways to meet the varied needs of the developing reader with the Superkids Reading Program, which uses a research - based, three - pronged approach to
text use: (1) decodable
text to build decoding automaticity; (2) teacher -
supported grade - level informational
text so all students have access to the same vocabulary and content; and (3) above - grade - level read - aloud
text experiences to boost students» listening
comprehension and vocabulary.
Think Aloud A think aloud is an interactive process in which the teacher shares her internal cognitive thinking process aloud as a way to
support and scaffold various reading
comprehension strategies such as summarizing, retelling, asking questions and making connections (e.g.
text - to - self,
text - to -
text,
text - to - world).
Researchers agree that teachers should model and
support comprehension before, during, and after reading by teaching
text structures; using graphic organizers such as Venn diagrams, cause and effect charts, and story maps; and creating study guides that students can complete (Carasquillo et al., 2004).
Vermont's standards for early childhood education teachers make no mention of informational
texts and only require that a teacher «employs a range of instructional approaches to
support comprehension across the content areas.»
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