Direct, Explicit Comprehension Strategy Instruction
Comprehension strategies are routines and procedures that
readers use to help them make sense of texts. Struggling
adolescent readers need direct, explicit instruction in
comprehension strategies to improve their reading comprehension.
Teachers should provide adolescents with direct and explicit
instruction in comprehension strategies to improve students'
reading comprehension. Comprehension strategies are routines and
procedures that readers use to help them make sense of texts.
These strategies include, but are not limited to, summarizing,
asking and answering questions, paraphrasing, and finding the
main idea. Comprehension strategy instruction can also include
specific teacher activities that have been demonstrated to
improve students' comprehension of texts. Asking students
questions and using graphic organizers are examples of such
strategies. Direct and explicit teaching involves a teacher
modeling and providing explanations of the specific strategies