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Teaching Reading Comprehension to Adolescents

Reading comprehension is the process of gaining meaning from text, which is the purpose of reading. The act of comprehending text involves a person's ability to know and use strategies before, during, and after reading to successfully understand what is being read. Many adolescents struggle with reading comprehension, and many teachers are unaware of how to deal with this type of situation. However, there are many strategies that can be used to teach adolescents to comprehend what they read. Although there are many different, effective comprehension strategies, it is a challenge for a teacher to find one that works for the individual case at hand.
Comprehension is an important ability for adolescents to possess because of the large amount of text that students must read in content-areas. Most textbook-based instruction assumes that students can read and derive meaning from the text. A reader has text comprehension only when he......

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