Every day, third-grade teacher Jeanne Brown read a text aloud and then asked her students questions about the text. She changed this practice when her principal correctly told her that research suggests the most significant improvements occur in comprehension when
a) students learn to generate their own questions.
b) students answer the questions listed in their basal readers.
c) teachers focus upon literal comprehension.
d) teachers focus upon word recognition skills.
a
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The purpose of previewing your text as a reading strategy is to: a. ask questions about the main ideas and details
b. study for a test. c. gain a general idea of what you will be reading. d. recall the important main ideas and details in the text.
In the first stage of inquiry-based learning, students
A) discuss. B) create. C) investigate. D) generate questions.