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Teaching Comprehension: Reader Factors (Chapter 8) - Coggle Diagram
Teaching Comprehension: Reader Factors (Chapter 8)
What is Comprehension?
Reader and Text Factors
Connect to their own experiences
Create mental images
Make predictions
Monitor their understanding
Examine the text to uncover its organization
Solve problems that interfere with comprehension
Activate background knowledge
Text Complexity
Quantitative measures
Reader and task considerations
Qualitative dimensions
Before Reading: Reader Factors to Consider
Vocabulary
Fluency
Background knowledge
Comprehension Strategies that Readers Use While Reading
Monitoring
Predicting
Evaluating
Questioning
Drawing inferences
Repairing
Determining importance
Setting a purpose
Connecting
Summarizing
Activating background knowledge
Visualizing
Teaching Comprehension Strategies
Teaching for comprehension during reading
Activities that promote comprehension
Using explicit instruction