reading comprehension
Grasping written meaning
Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and extract meaning from written text.
Beyond simply decoding words, it involves grasping ideas, following arguments, making inferences, and connecting information: The test measures reading comprehension, not just vocabulary.
Teachers assess reading comprehension through questions about passages students have read.
- literacyAbility to read, write
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- context cluesWords clarifying unfamiliar terms
- main ideaCentral concept conveyed
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reading comprehensionincomprehension
Lack of understanding
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