We would like to know the most important points we check in a reading comprehension test.
Sir
For learning, we check LSRW
Listening
Speaking
Reading and
Writing
So during reading comprehension test i would observe ( i did it once and able to identify learning problem in a child long ago ) the following
1.His level of language usage (can he read at least a syllable or word?)
2. Is he able to follow my instruction to read the passage that i told him to read aloud?
In the case i observed that the boy (8 years old) reading from the beginning of the lesson from which i chose a paragraph.
3. Nature of the reading comprehension test given (is it a new item that the testee is unfamilar with ?
In the case i observed, the child read it out aloud since he listened to the lesson recited by the teacher many times in the class verbally.
So i just stopped the child in the middle of the passage he was reading aloud and asked him to name the random word i chose from the same passage. He was not able to read it. After encouraging him, i asked him again to say another word in the same lesson. But he was not.
4. Comprehension test suitable to child's interest (like stories) would benefit the test i believe.
Thank you so much for reading this.
Dr. Deepthi Balla
Tentatively, I suspect that we are probing here for certain comprehension skills and strategies such as the capacity to scan, skim through, and make the right inferences as well as the capacity to show understanding of the reading material by paraphrasing it, answering comprehension questions, or eliciting comprehension through semantic operations such as synonyms, antonyms, and polysemes. But certainly there is more to it than this.
Top down processing and bottom up processing are some of the strategies. Skimming and scanning are skills.
Begin with the Topic and the Scope. The topic should be obvious within the first 1-2 sentences of the passage. ...
The Tone is either Neutral or Strong/Complex. ...
Go back to the passage for Detail questions. ...
Write down the Purpose as soon as you finish reading. ...
Inferences are based on Implications.
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