In these seventeen, brief segments. Dr. Rasinski begins with definitions of comprehension, explains the critical elements of comprehension and demonstrates an instructional approach called Prevoke.
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ComprehensionThe definition of comprehension from teachers and other experts. |
InferenceThe role of using inference in creative and critical thinking. |
Background KnowledgeBuilding background knowledge through experiences, stories, and artifacts. |
Questioning and PredictingThe power of students genreating their own questions. |
ImageryA demonstration of the sketch-to-sketch approach. |
Written ResponseHow journaling stimulates, slow, careful thinking. |
Summarizing and SynthesizingDemonstrating summarization and how summaries help synthesizing. |
Compare and ContrastUsing text-to-self and text-to-text for comparison and contrast. |
Graphic OrganizersHow graphic organizers are especially helpful for non-fiction. |
Cooperative Learning and Keep Thinking it OverMoving students to comprehension and application. |
Re-representation of TextCombining summarizing with questioning, then creating images. |
Non-textual ComprehensionCharts, graphs, captions, headlines, and other visual formats. |
PREVOKE, Prediction Based on VocabularyFrom a story comes an important list of words. |
PREVOKE, Step TwoSorting words for meaning through comparison and contrast. |
PREVOKE, Step ThreeUsing words in a collaborative writing exercise. |
TableauStudents assemble a human tableau to elicit audience descriptions. |
Fun or LearningInjecting fun doesn't negate learning. |