Comprehension

Comprehension

1. Social Constructivist Nature of Comprehension

   • Reciprocal Teaching
   • Question the Author
     • Marking
     • Turning Back
     • Revoicing
     • Modeling
     • Annotating
     • Recapping

2. Process of Comprehending

   • Schema Theory
   • Situation Theory
     • Text Base
     • Propostiions
     • Text-Based Inferences
     • Coherence
   • Standard of Coherence
   • Role of Reasoning
   • Role of Attention
   • Role of Surface Features
   • Developmental Nature of Comprehension
   • Approaches to Teaching Comprehension

3. Comprehension Strategies

   • Strategy Instruction
   • Teaching Preparational Strategies
     • Previewing
     • Activating Prior Knowledge
     • Setting Purpose and Goals
     • Predicting
   • Teaching Organizational Strategies
     • Comprehending Main Idea
     • Selecting or Constructing the Main Idea
     • Extending the Ability to Construct the Main Idea
     • Determining the Relative Importance of Information
     • Summarizing
   • Teaching Elaboration Strategies
     • Making Inferences
     • Using QRA
     • Applying the Skill
     • Making Inferences with It Says-I Say-And So
     • Marco-Cloze
     • Mystery Passages
     • Imaging
     • Using Manipulatives
     • Question Generation
   • Teaching Monitoring Strategies
     • Knowing Oneself as a Learner
     • Regulating
     • Checking
     • Reparing

4. Making Strategy Instruction Work

   • Integration of Strategies
   • Explicit versus Non Explicit Instruction of Strategies
   • Importance of Affective Factors
   • Special Comprehension Strategies for Bilingual Readers
   • Using Process Questions and Think-Aloud to Assess Comprehension
   • Scheduling Strategy Instruction
   • Putting Strategies in Perspective
   • Making Connections