Comprehension (Memphis)

"Education is not the Learning of Facts, but Training the Mind to Think" - Albert Einstein See us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/student.success.strategies.2024?mibextid=ZbWKwL ------------------------------------------------- Meet the Tutor. https://youtu.be/cpHLU65ybMQ ------------------------------------------------- If your child has to work much harder than their peers to keep up OR is already several levels behind, then Student Success Strategies can help. Proficient learning involves clusters of cognitive skills working together. If you're wondering about how we differ from other tutoring services, you're not alone. We help you Learn Like Einstein: memorize more, read faster, comprehend more, focus better, and master things easier. READING COMPREHENSION: Comprehension is the reason for reading. If readers can read the words but do not understand or connect to what they are reading, they are not really reading. Good readers are both purposeful and active, and have the skills to absorb what they read, analyze it, make sense of it, and make it their own.  What does it mean to read and understand a text? Central to any conceptualization of reading comprehension is that it requires the construction of a mental representation of the information in a text. More formally, reading comprehension has been defined as the process of simultaneously extracting and constructing meaning through interaction and involvement with written language. Reading involves three interrelated elements: the reader, the text, and the activity or reading task, all situated into a broader sociocultural context. To comprehend a text, a reader must be equipped with a host of abilities (e.g., attention, memory, inferencing), motivation (e.g., reading goals, interest) and knowledge (e.g., domain knowledge, linguistic knowledge), all of which are influenced by the specific texts used and the activity the reader is engaging in.  Strong readers think actively as they read. They use their experiences and knowledge of the world, morphology, vocabulary, language structure, and reading strategies to make sense of the text and know how to get the most out of it. They think about the text structure as they read. They know when they have problems with understanding and what thinking strategies to use to resolve these problems when they pop up. These elements enable a skilled reader to create a mental model of the text as they read.  • Draw on Prior Knowledge • Self-Monitor & Visualization (form mental images) • Predicting • Questioning • Draw inferences • Retell Story • Pay attention to sentences & text cohesion • Think about text structure ____________________ - In person ____________________ Please call 901-620-2150 to schedule your first 60-minute Training Session to see exactly how we can help your student get to the next level. ----------------- reading, tutor, tutoring, online, test, prep, strategy, memory, strategies, blend, phoneme, auditory, processing, ace, comprehension, read