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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
Chapter Objectives
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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