In a modern knowledge-based society the ability to comprehend informational texts or
expository texts is extremely important in that it becomes the foundation for acquiring and
creating new knowledge. Even though they have to read well those text to s...
In a modern knowledge-based society the ability to comprehend informational texts or
expository texts is extremely important in that it becomes the foundation for acquiring and
creating new knowledge. Even though they have to read well those text to survive in the
future society many students do not have sufficient ability to understand them. The reason
is that they lack awareness and knowledge of content area reading strategies that facilitate
the process of understanding, memorizing, and retrieving texts.
In this study, among content area reading strategies that promote comprehension of informational
texts, some strategies that elementary students can easily utilize while reading
those texts were examined. Specifically, KWL, Question-Answer Relationships, ReQuest,
SQ3R, and Graphic Organizer were explored. In addition, a few reasons why reading researchers
and elementary school teachers should be interested in those strategies in order
to improve reading comprehension of elementary schoolers were discussed.