What are the factors associated with good comprehension?
Good comprehension requires a range of different knowledge and skills:- vocabulary and background knowledge
- integration and inference skills
- understanding language structure/connections
- knowledge and use of text structure
- comprehension monitoring.
Each of these works together with the others to help a reader to make sense of what they read. For more detail about these, see the factors associated with good comprehension pages in the Background and Research section of this Pathway. They are also explored through practical activities in some of the tools in Step 3 of this Pathway.
Related Background Questions
- What is reading comprehension and why is it important?
- How is word reading related to reading comprehension?
- What are some of the challenges to good reading comprehension?
- Why is vocabulary development important for comprehension?
- How can reading comprehension best be taught?
- Does the amount of time children spend reading have an impact on their comprehension skills?
- Is there a difference between reading on screen and reading on paper in terms of comprehension?
- What does the Curriculum for Excellence say about comprehension?
- How is reading comprehension assessed in Scotland?