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The purpose of reading is comprehension — getting meaning from written text. Find out what else research tells us about the active process of constructing meaning, and how good readers consciously employing comprehension strategies.
We explain what reading comprehension is, offer current research, and share resources to encourage effective comprehension in the classroom. A guide outlining the definition, what current research says about best practices, and how to incorporate strategies into classroom instruction.
Reading comprehension is the reader’s ability to infer and add meaning to the read text based on vocabulary, linguistic and personal comprehension skills, and background knowledge of the given topic.
Reading comprehension is the ability to read text, process it and understand its meaning. It relies on two, interconnected abilities: word reading (being able to decode the symbols on the page) and language comprehension (being able to understand the meaning of the words and sentences).
During reading, good readers learn to monitor their understanding, adjust their reading speed to fit the difficulty of the text, and address any comprehension problems they have. After reading, they check their understanding of what they have read.
Reading comprehension is the ability to understand what words mean. It involves interpreting and inferring words and phrases that form a simple sentence or a complex piece of text. A good way to improve reading comprehension is to build one’s vocabulary, which is the fundamental knowledge of words.
WHAT is Comprehension? Reading comprehension has been defined as “the act of constructing meaning with oral and written text” (Duke and Carlisle, 2011). Because reading comprehension is such an important aspect of literacy, we need, as teachers, to understand what it is and how it develops.