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Students can be taught to use a range of comprehension strategies so that these strategies influence how they make meaning from a text. There are multiple ways to help students improve their comprehending abilities. Some of these way are less explicit; others more explicit. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Students can be taught to use a range of comprehension strategies

so that these strategies influence how they make meaning from a

text.

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There are multiple ways to help students improve their comprehending abilities. Some of these way are less explicit;

others more explicit. Teachers must be prepared

to switch to more direct, explicit models of instruction

if that is what any particular student needs.

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Holding tight to only one methodology not only limits what a teacher can do

but limits who can be successful.

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… some students will also need and benefit from direct vocabulary study.

While we recognize that most words are not learned via direct instruction,

but in a more indirect manner… we know that vocabulary knowledge

affects comprehension.

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Methods that encourage students to actively construct meanings help students learn and retain

word meanings longer.

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Some readers struggle through a text because they lack fluent word

recognition. … Strong word recognition skills

are a major component of comprehending a text; however, they alone don’t ensure comprehension.

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Teachers who encourage a wide range of reading…

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… who give their students plenty of opportunity for sustained, silent reading,

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… who read aloud to their students on a regular basis,

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…. who provide ongoing opportunities for students to discuss… their understanding of a text,

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…who encourage extensive rather than intensive reading,

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…who encourage self-selection of some texts,

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…and who recognize that students become better readers by reading, not merely practicing reading skills:

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…and who recognize that students become better readers by reading, not merely practicing reading skills:

increase students’ opportunity for developing a positive attitude

toward reading, for improving fluency, for improving vocabulary, and for improving comprehension.

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Reading is a social process, an interactive activity, one in which readers create meaning through transactions – interactions – with

the text, their prior knowledge, the context, and other readers.