Childrens Literature and Literacy

Comprehension strategy instruction gets used in the classroom as a research proven technique (Duke & Pearson to improve student understanding of texts. The process involves having students reflect on their use of specific strategies that good readers use when reading a text.

According to the National Reading Panel National Reading Panel directly teaching comprehension strategies leads to improvements in comprehension. These gains occur when taught in combination and used flexibly in active, naturalistic learning situations

Comprehension Monitoring

Summarize

Predict

Connect

Clarify

Recognize Text Structure

Question

Visualize

Infer