Importance of Reading Comprehension Flashcards
1
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- meaning making
- constructing meaning w/ text
- making sense of print
- ultimate goal of reading
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reading comprehension
2
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mediators of reading comprehension among content learners
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- text comprehension strategies
- readers’ prior knowledge
- text (includes vocabulary readability & genre)
- Goals & interests of the readers
- instruction
3
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Questions that Teachers should ask students to facilitate reading comprehension
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- focus on students’ understanding of content
- focus on the dev’t & use of reading skills & strategies
- model the kind of questions students should learn to ask themselves while reading
4
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Asking questions requires __, ___, & ___ on the part of the teachers.
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creativity, patience, & critical thinking
5
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characteristics of the questions
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- appropriately phrased & understood by the students
- at an appropriate level for the materials being covered
- require the students to think at various intellectual levels
- follow a logical sequence 5. students’ responses are used as a guide to the next questions
- consistent with the intended goals & objectives of the lesson
- Assess student understanding
- non-superficial nor incomplete processing questions
- encourage students to spend time thinking about the answers to the questions
- NOT close-ended
6
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Pre-teaching/prereading is done to…
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- help readers focus on the targeted information (what to LOOK FOR/what to IGNORE)
- provide MOTIVATION to read/learn the lesson
7
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actual reading of the text is done to…
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help students PAY ATTENTION to the DETAILS of the texts
8
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post reading/discussion is done to…
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- provide BROADER UNDERSTANDING of the lesson/text
- ASSESS UNDERSTANDING of the text/lesson and STIMULATE REFLECTION
9
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involves asking progressively DEEPER and MORE REFLECTIVE questions that help a person UNPACK their thoughts, emotions, values, or beliefs, leading to a FULLER UNDERSTANDING of themselves or a concept.
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the gradual psychological unfolding (gpu)/socratic method
