Define and explain one of the theories influencing current views about the development of reading comprehension
What will be an ideal response?
Responses should include one of the following theories:
• Schema Theory
- Information already stored in the brain about concepts, events, emotions, and roles is drawn from life experiences.
- Each schema is connected to other related schemes.
- New information is connected to what is already known.
• Construction-Integration Theory
- Explains the complex thinking processes related to comprehension.
- Comprehension occurs in cycles and involves multiple, simultaneous cognitive processes that build to create memories.
- The cognitive processes are influenced by readers' knowledge, goals and motivation, strategy selection and use, genre/type/difficulty of text, processing constraints, and sociocultural context.
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