Module 9 - Reading Comprehension (Quiz)

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* 1. Please include your name and location:

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* 2. Reading comprehension requires a solid foundation of reading skills: alphabetics and word analysis, fluency, and vocabulary.

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False

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* 3. A poor reader cannot simply observe a good reader and discern the variety of comprehension strategies that reader employs to understand what he or she is reading. These must be explicitly explained, modeled, and applied with support and guidance from the tutor, and then used over and over again.

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False

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* 4. Graphic organizers can be useful when helping users develop their comprehension skills. A KWL chart helps learners organize their ideas and understanding in a visual format and includes columns for the following (select all that apply):

What do I already KNOW?

What do I WANT to learn?

What did I LEARN?

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* 5. When we check a learner's comprehension, probe at different levels - literal (recall & summarize facts), inferential (draw conclusions and answer how? and why? questions), and critical thinking (apply information to a new context, analyze & synthesize information and evaluate it.)

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* 6. There are a number of broad-based comprehension strategies that can be applied to a variety of reading topics and genres. They include (choose the best answer fro the ones below):

setting a purpose for reading

making predictions

summarizing

marking text and taking notes

All the above

None of the above