tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040380125807942016.post6335113575203590352..comments2009-04-15T06:53:21.675-07:00Comments on TE 402 Literature: Do you comprehend what I'm saying?Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15521448109725952464noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040380125807942016.post-28453320075546060752009-03-24T13:04:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:04:00.000-07:00Nope... some of those packaged texts are testing r...Nope... some of those packaged texts are testing recall... the ability to REMEMBER, or very basic knowledge-based comprehension. (e.g., who was the main character, what happened in the story, etc). Very few elementary comprehension tests get at whether or not students have brought the text (idea, theme, plot, message) into their own working memory or schema... It's hard to get at that... Can you think of any ways how? Maybe performance assessments are better than written ones?? hmmmm....Erin Wibbenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14444226182708040339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040380125807942016.post-9933488495437591042009-03-16T10:31:00.000-07:002009-03-16T10:31:00.000-07:00When the teacher is giving reading tests, is the i...When the teacher is giving reading tests, is the intent to test reading comprehension? My thought is that the student can read the text without comprehending it. I am curious if the reading tests just determine the words the students read. I feel that even if students can read words at a higher grade level, they are not reading at that grade level unless they comprehend the words and the story at the higher grade level. What do you think, are the reading tests testing comprehension?C.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18392646154030978826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6040380125807942016.post-21382683416860660922009-03-02T08:31:00.000-08:002009-03-02T08:31:00.000-08:00Great post! I feel that as teachers we need to giv...Great post! I feel that as teachers we need to give more examples of what we are 'expecting' or notes on main points for students to keep in mind what they should be looking for and making notes... It's hard to explain the types of thought processes that students can make, or ways to make connections to other materials and themselves to motivate learning. :-)Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15521448109725952464noreply@blogger.com