WPM Reading Comprehension Strategies 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which instructional approach involves the teacher gradually releasing comprehension responsibility to the student through modeling, guided practice, and independent application?
- Direct instruction model
- Gradual Release of Responsibility (Correct answer)
- Reciprocal teaching
- Literature circles
Correct answer: Gradual Release of Responsibility
The Gradual Release of Responsibility framework moves from 'I do, we do, you do,' transferring comprehension ownership progressively to the student.
Question 2: In Reciprocal Teaching, which of the following is NOT one of the four core strategies students use?
- Predicting
- Questioning
- Clarifying
- Visualizing (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Visualizing
Reciprocal Teaching uses four strategies: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing — visualizing is not part of the original framework.
Question 3: A teacher asks students to combine information from multiple parts of a text and form a new understanding. Which higher-order comprehension strategy is being practiced?
- Skimming
- Synthesizing (Correct answer)
- Monitoring
- Decoding
Correct answer: Synthesizing
Synthesizing involves integrating new information from across a text (or multiple texts) with prior knowledge to form new insights or understandings.
Question 4: Which type of question requires students to go beyond the text and apply information to a new situation or real-world context?
- Literal question
- Inferential question
- Applied question (Correct answer)
- Recall question
Correct answer: Applied question
Applied questions require students to take text information and use it in a new or real-world context, demonstrating deeper comprehension.
Question 5: A teacher uses a graphic organizer before reading to activate prior knowledge and build anticipation. This pre-reading strategy primarily supports which comprehension goal?
- Decoding accuracy
- Fluency development
- Schema activation (Correct answer)
- Phonemic awareness
Correct answer: Schema activation
Schema activation involves connecting new text content to existing background knowledge, which primes comprehension before reading begins.
Question 6: Which strategy involves a student pausing during reading to restate what has been read in their own words without looking at the text?
- Annotating
- Retelling (Correct answer)
- Skimming
- Scanning
Correct answer: Retelling
Retelling requires students to recall and orally or in writing restate what they have read, demonstrating understanding of sequence and key ideas.
Question 7: A student identifies that a nonfiction passage uses a cause-and-effect text structure. How does recognizing this structure aid comprehension?
- It helps the student decode multisyllabic words
- It allows the student to anticipate how ideas are related and organized (Correct answer)
- It increases the student's reading rate
- It helps the student identify the author's bias
Correct answer: It allows the student to anticipate how ideas are related and organized
Recognizing text structure helps readers anticipate how information is organized and how ideas relate, which supports overall comprehension.
WPM Reading Comprehension Strategies 2
Which instructional approach involves the teacher gradually releasing comprehension responsibility to the student through modeling, guided practice, and independent application?