This document provides a strategy evaluation matrix that outlines five reading comprehension strategies: skim/survey, slow down, activate prior knowledge, fit ideas together, and draw diagrams. For each strategy, the matrix describes how to use the strategy, when it should be used, and what the purpose or benefit of the strategy is. The strategies are meant to help readers focus on important information, understand complex or unfamiliar topics, organize and relate ideas, and improve memory and comprehension of textual information.
This document provides a strategy evaluation matrix that outlines five reading comprehension strategies: skim/survey, slow down, activate prior knowledge, fit ideas together, and draw diagrams. For each strategy, the matrix describes how to use the strategy, when it should be used, and what the purpose or benefit of the strategy is. The strategies are meant to help readers focus on important information, understand complex or unfamiliar topics, organize and relate ideas, and improve memory and comprehension of textual information.
This document provides a strategy evaluation matrix that outlines five reading comprehension strategies: skim/survey, slow down, activate prior knowledge, fit ideas together, and draw diagrams. For each strategy, the matrix describes how to use the strategy, when it should be used, and what the purpose or benefit of the strategy is. The strategies are meant to help readers focus on important information, understand complex or unfamiliar topics, organize and relate ideas, and improve memory and comprehension of textual information.
This document provides a strategy evaluation matrix that outlines five reading comprehension strategies: skim/survey, slow down, activate prior knowledge, fit ideas together, and draw diagrams. For each strategy, the matrix describes how to use the strategy, when it should be used, and what the purpose or benefit of the strategy is. The strategies are meant to help readers focus on important information, understand complex or unfamiliar topics, organize and relate ideas, and improve memory and comprehension of textual information.
Skim/Survey Search for headings, Before you read a long piece of Gives an overview of the highlighted words, previews, and text. key concepts, helps you to summaries. focus on the important points. Slow Down Stop, read and think about When information seems Improves your focus on information. important. If you realize you important information. don’t understand what you have just read. Activate Prior Knowledge Stop and think about what you Before you read something or do Makes new information already know about a topic. an unfamiliar task. easier to remember and allows you to see links between subjects. Information is less daunting if you already know something about the topic. Fit Ideas Together Relate main ideas to one another. When thinking about complex Once you know how ideas Look for themes that connect the information, when deep are related they are easier to main ideas, or a conclusion. understanding is needed. remember than learning as if they are separate facts. Also helps to understand them more deeply. Draw Diagrams Identify main ideas, connect When there is a lot of factual Helps to identify main ideas them, classify ideas, decide which information that is and organize them into information is most interrelated. categories. Reduces memory load. important and which is May be easier to visualize. supporting (Adapted from Metacognition for the classroom and beyond: Differentiation and support for learners, 2009)