Are We Thinking About Reading Comprehension All Wrong?

Good morning,

Today we are talking about reading and reading comprehension in schools. For many years there has been a great emphasis on reading and learning word sets however reading comprehension has often been tested as a separate skill. New research suggests that the way our brains learn reading requires more integrative comprehension, which could require schools and teachers to rethink the way they teach reading.

"Educators and parents are obsessed with reading; and the emphasis has only grown in recent decades as reading became a defining indicator of academic success on standardized tests. Yet despite the obsession with teaching reading in the early grades, many educators don’t fully understand how the brain reads, writes Daniel Willingham, a professor of psychology at the University of Virginia, in a New York Times op-ed.' 

'Current education practices show that reading comprehension is misunderstood. It’s treated like a general skill that can be applied with equal success to all texts. Rather, comprehension is intimately intertwined with knowledge. That suggests three significant changes in schooling."

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