Good Readers...
What strategies do effective readers demonstrate as they comprehend text?
Research on reading comprehension instruction has focused on the strategies that effective readers use to understand text. They use these strategies before, during, and after reading. These strategies need to be made explicit to students in our elementary schools.
Before reading, effective readers:
* Set clear goals for reading.
* Actively pursue meaning and activate prior knowledge.
* Preview the text.
* Make predictions.
* Generate questions to be answered.
During reading, effective readers:
* Pay close attention to text structure.
* Read texts selectively based on purpose(s) for reading.
* Construct and revise meaning.
* Determine whether the text and information are meeting goals.
* Integrate prior knowledge with information and ideas from text(s).
* Think about and question the text’s and author’s information and ideas.
* Monitor and revise understanding of the text.
* Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and concepts using a variety of strategies.
* Reconcile inconsistencies or gaps in information and ideas as necessary.
After reading effective readers:
* Evaluate text quality and value.
* Respond to text mainly through questioning, additional reading, or discussion.
* Reflect upon texts during reading, during pauses in reading, and after reading.
* Consider comprehension and learning to be satisfying and productive experiences.
Research on reading comprehension instruction has focused on the strategies that effective readers use to understand text. They use these strategies before, during, and after reading. These strategies need to be made explicit to students in our elementary schools.
Before reading, effective readers:
* Set clear goals for reading.
* Actively pursue meaning and activate prior knowledge.
* Preview the text.
* Make predictions.
* Generate questions to be answered.
During reading, effective readers:
* Pay close attention to text structure.
* Read texts selectively based on purpose(s) for reading.
* Construct and revise meaning.
* Determine whether the text and information are meeting goals.
* Integrate prior knowledge with information and ideas from text(s).
* Think about and question the text’s and author’s information and ideas.
* Monitor and revise understanding of the text.
* Determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and concepts using a variety of strategies.
* Reconcile inconsistencies or gaps in information and ideas as necessary.
After reading effective readers:
* Evaluate text quality and value.
* Respond to text mainly through questioning, additional reading, or discussion.
* Reflect upon texts during reading, during pauses in reading, and after reading.
* Consider comprehension and learning to be satisfying and productive experiences.