Study Tip for Reading Comprehension

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To improve reading comprehension skills, the following suggestions are offered:

1. Noting and recalling details are key components of reading comprehension. To accomplish this, one should engage in at least some informal discussion after reading something, with emphasis being placed on the main thought of the material. Attention should also be focused on the supporting details of the material. This can be accomplished by trying to identify evidence which supports various detailed statements and specific application of how detailed information might be used.

2. A large part of being an effective reader is remembering what has been read. It is often necessary to organize in our minds the material being read. This can be done by trying to grasp the author’s plan and trying to understand the relationships between major ideas and the facts or details which give them meaning. It can also be helpful to outline or summarize (take notes) on what is being read.

3. It is essential to actively intend to remember what is being read. Of course, this will need to be selective, as it is impossible to remember everything read. Those points that should be remembered must be singled out and given special attention.

4. A single reading of materials is frequently insufficient—especially when memorizing. Re-reading is crucial.

5. Additionally, it proves beneficial to recall those points which are worth remembering or to recite them to ourselves. At least half the time spent trying to fix material in memory should be spent in active recitation.

6. Comprehension is enhanced if there is effective use of headings, subheadings, tables, graphs, illustrations, and marginal notes.

7. It is helpful to identify topic sentences in each paragraph read.

8. When reading chapters or sections, pay close attention to introductory and concluding paragraphs.

9. In story reading, it might prove helpful to establish the significance of an incident by asking what feeling or emotion was felt by the character during or after the incident.

10. It is also helpful in understanding what has been read and to summarize an incident using only one simple sentence.

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