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Teaching Reading in Today's Elementary Schools,
Ninth Edition
Betty D. Roe, Tennessee Technological University
Sandra Smith, Tennessee Technological University
Paul C. Burns, Late of University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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Chapter 5: Comprehension: Part 1
- Explain how schema theory relates to reading comprehension.
- Explain how a reader's purpose and other aspects of the rest of the situation in which reading takes place affect comprehension.
- Describe some characteristics of text that affect comprehension.
- Discuss some prereading, during-reading, and post-reading activities that can enhance comprehension.
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