Reading Comprehension Flashcards
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On the MTEL Foundations of Reading, which instructional approach best builds the prior knowledge that is essential for reading comprehension?
Answer: Providing rich content knowledge experiences, read-alouds, and discussions across diverse topics before students read related texts
Comprehension depends heavily on prior knowledge; building content knowledge through varied experiences, read-alouds, and discussions provides the schema needed to comprehend related texts.
The distinction between literal and inferential comprehension on the MTEL Foundations of Reading is that:
Answer: Literal comprehension involves understanding what is explicitly stated; inferential comprehension involves drawing conclusions beyond what is explicitly stated
Literal comprehension involves recalling or locating information explicitly stated in the text, while inferential comprehension requires drawing conclusions that go beyond the text's explicit statements.
Close reading, as described on the MTEL Foundations of Reading, is characterized by:
Answer: Careful, repeated reading of a short, complex text with text-dependent questions requiring students to cite textual evidence
Close reading involves careful, repeated examination of a short, complex text, guided by text-dependent questions that require students to return to and cite specific textual evidence.
On the MTEL Foundations of Reading, text-based evidence in comprehension instruction means:
Answer: Students support their interpretations and answers by citing specific words, phrases, or passages from the text
Text-based evidence requires students to ground their responses in specific, citable words or passages from the text rather than relying solely on personal opinion or outside knowledge.
On the MTEL Foundations of Reading, which assessment type provides a comprehensive profile of a student's reading comprehension strengths and weaknesses?
Answer: An informal reading inventory (IRI) that includes both narrative and expository passages at multiple levels with literal and inferential questions
An IRI uses graded passages across text types with varied question levels to identify a student's independent, instructional, and frustration reading levels along with comprehension patterns.
A student who decodes accurately but shows poor comprehension most likely has a deficit in which component of the Simple View of Reading?
Answer: Language comprehension (LC)
In the Simple View (RC = D × LC), a student who decodes accurately but comprehends poorly has a language comprehension deficit — inadequate vocabulary, background knowledge, or language skills.