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Scottish Central Committee on Primary Education. – 1978
The purpose of this publication is to point out that reading comprehension questions frequently assess only literal comprehension, and to suggest kinds of questions that involve broader levels of comprehension. The publication first presents two reading passages; for each one it lists sample questions that involve only literal comprehension and…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Elementary Education, Intellectual Development, Questioning Techniques
Peer reviewedSinger, Harry – Reading Teacher, 1978
Teaching active comprehension helps students learn to ask their own questions and guide their own thinking. (MKM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Critical Reading, Critical Thinking
Patterson, Charlotte J. – Today's Education, 1978
Suggestions for improving listening and questioning skills in elementary school children are offered, since children do not always think to ask questions when something is not clear to them. (MJB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Comprehension, Elementary Education, Information Processing
Ruddell, Robert B. – 1978
The literature of reading theory and research suggests a number of key factors involved in the comprehension process. In simplest terms, comprehension is the process by which an individual actively generates meaning from some linguistic input. Five factors of reading comprehension have been identified through research: vocabulary knowledge, the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Educational Theories
Download full textRobinson, W. P.; Rackstraw, Susan J. – 1975
This paper describes the development of children's ability to pose and answer questions and discusses the teacher's role in enhancing these problem-solving skills. Several chapters review theoretical and empirical work related to these issues: models of man, general intellectual development, the mother's role in children's intellectual development…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Classroom Research, Communication Skills, Elementary Education
