WPM Reading Comprehension Strategies 3

Question 1

Which comprehension strategy is best suited for helping students distinguish between important information and interesting but less essential details?

Accepted Answer

Determining importance

Answer

Determining importance is the strategy that helps readers decide which information is most critical to the author's purpose versus what is interesting but non-essential.

Question 2

A teacher has students generate their own questions before, during, and after reading. This strategy primarily develops which comprehension skill?

Accepted Answer

Active engagement and deeper processing

Answer

Generating questions keeps readers actively engaged and promotes deeper processing of text by requiring them to think critically about content.

Question 3

Which instructional model has students take turns leading a group discussion using predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing strategies?

Accepted Answer

Reciprocal teaching

Answer

Reciprocal Teaching has students take turns as the 'teacher' in small groups, applying four comprehension strategies collaboratively.

Question 4

A student finishes a text and integrates information across the entire passage to form a broader conclusion. This best reflects which comprehension strategy?

Accepted Answer

Synthesizing

Answer

Synthesizing involves bringing together information from throughout a text to form a new, broader understanding beyond any single section.

Question 5

According to reading research, which factor is most strongly associated with reading comprehension success?

Accepted Answer

Vocabulary knowledge and background knowledge

Answer

Research consistently shows that vocabulary knowledge and background (schema) knowledge are among the strongest predictors of reading comprehension.

WPM - Reading Test Practice Test

WPM - Reading Test Practice Test

WPM Reading Comprehension Strategies 3