STR Reading Comprehension 2

Question 1

Which factor is MOST important for comprehension of informational texts, beyond decoding skill?

Accepted Answer

Background knowledge about the topic

Answer

Background knowledge is a powerful predictor of informational text comprehension because readers use it to interpret and connect new information.

Question 2

Reciprocal Teaching incorporates which four comprehension strategies?

Accepted Answer

Predict, question, clarify, summarize

Answer

Reciprocal Teaching uses predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing — strategies students apply in rotating teacher roles.

Question 3

A student understands individual sentences but struggles to understand the whole text. This is BEST described as a problem with:

Accepted Answer

Text-level comprehension (global coherence)

Answer

Difficulty integrating sentences into a coherent whole reflects a problem with global coherence or text-level comprehension.

Question 4

Which text structure signals are associated with compare/contrast organization?

Accepted Answer

Similarly, however, on the other hand

Answer

Compare/contrast texts use signal words like similarly, however, and on the other hand to show likenesses and differences.

Question 5

Which comprehension skill involves identifying the most important ideas and restating them in one's own words?

Accepted Answer

Summarizing

Answer

Summarizing requires selecting the most important information and paraphrasing it concisely in the reader's own words.

STR - Science of Teaching Reading Practice Test