Comprehension by Patrick Garcia https://padlet.com/patrickcakes1996/1s8dx7anyubb4z2m Developmental Reading Knowledge en-us 2021-10-16 21:38:46 UTC 2021-10-18 16:31:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Reading Comprehension patrickcakes1996 https://padlet.com/patrickcakes1996/1s8dx7anyubb4z2m/wish/1824602287 Much like anything we spend our time practicing, it gets better and better. Reading comprehension is a muscle that we have to continuously exercise in order to perfect. According to Harris and Hodges, 1995 NRP study, "comprehension is the intentional thinking during which meaning is constructed through interactions between text and the reader". This definition is interesting to me because of the different forms of text that are presented to us throughout our lives. As we know, texts come in all different forms and even a youtube video or a podcast is considered text. Based on the same NRP study, researchers have found that students comprehended what they've read or experienced better when given the visual aid of a computer. Texts seem to be a multidimensional tool that allows us to grasp readers on any given level. However, comprehension is the sum of most reading basics and can take more time to perfect. ]]> 2021-10-18 16:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/patrickcakes1996/1s8dx7anyubb4z2m/wish/1824602287 What works? patrickcakes1996 https://padlet.com/patrickcakes1996/1s8dx7anyubb4z2m/wish/1824677543 As mentioned before, reading comprehesion is a skill to be practiced and perfected. But how? Well there are lot's of categorical findings and methods to reading comprehension but there are key strategies with underlying methods that work best.
1. Using prior knowledge: Aka "previewing" 
This is when students are given time to glance at the text and make any connections to what they might already know. Previewing is an extremely useful tool in the discipline of music. Musicians are often given a piece to perform ahead of a given time but not always. Professional studio musicians might be given a piece on the spot and expeced to play it. With the helpful tool of previewing, these musicians are able to make connections to the piece that they're about to play, to other pieces that might hold the same key signature or other key components.
2. Predicting: During the preview steps students can make logical predictions to the text and what it might be about. These predictions might change throughout the reading but this will also help the reader make familiar connections to what they already know.
3. Identifying the main Idea and summarization: Students will decide what's important and what's not important to the text. The purpose of this is to try and understand the main point the author was trying to relay to the readers and then putting them into your own words.
4. Questioning: When asking and answering questions about the text, students can focus more on the meaning by weening out any nonsensical material. Teachers have a lot of power here and should come up with thought provoking questions.
5. Making inferences: Much like the prediction and previewing stages, making an inference derives from any prior knowledge to recognize familiar clues in the text.
6. Visualization: Many studies have shown that students who visualize a story with the text tend to have a better understanding and can recall important themes based on their mental images. As silly as it may sound, musicians and just about anyone who's ever listened to a pop song, tend to develop "ear worms". Otherwise known as songs that get stuck in their head. Musicians with a lot of skill to their craft can even picture the musical notes they're hearing. Classical musicians also develop images of stories to help them carry on the emotion of certain parts in a piece.

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