Reading between the lines: Improving Comprehension for Students Kevin Larson Microsoft Advanced Reading Technologies July, 2016
Reading = Decoding × Comprehension
My father asked me My father asked me to help the two men to help the two men carry the box inside carry the box inside
My father asked me My father asked me to help the two men to help the two men carry the box inside carry the box inside Three of my friends Three of my friends had never been to a had never been to a circus before today circus before today My grandfather has My grandfather has a large garden with a large garden with fruit and vegetables fruit and vegetables He told a long story He told a long story about ducks before about ducks before his son went to bed his son went to bed My mother loves to My mother loves to hear the young girls hear the young girls sing in the morning sing in the morning The young boy held The young boy held his hand high to ask his hand high to ask questions in school questions in school My brother wanted My brother wanted a glass of milk with a glass of milk with his cake after lunch his cake after lunch I do not understand I do not understand why we must leave why we must leave so early for the play so early for the play It is more than four It is more than four hundred miles from hundred miles from my home to the city my home to the city Our father wants us Our father wants us to wash the clothes to wash the clothes before he gets back before he gets back They would love to They would love to see you during your see you during your visit here this week visit here this week
a a c c f f j j
a a c c 67% 66% 44% 50% f f j j 43% 51% 22% 26%
Samuel Orton, 1925 TOWRE Source: Wikimedia Commons: Wiley Human Visual System
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• Name the letters b, d, p, q • Write the letters b, d, p, q Vellutino, 1978
3 skills for decoding 1.Fast letter identification 2.Phonemic awareness 3.Letter to sound correspondence
Source:Wikimedia Commons: Karlis Kanders
Source: Pelli & Tillman, 2008, The uncrowded window of object recognition
A m o t h e r a n d h e r s o n a r e l e a v i n g h o m e i n t h e m o r n i n g . S h e i s t a k i n g h i m t o v i s i t h i s f a t h e r ’ s w o r k p l a c e . T h e f a t h e r i s a l a b o r a t o r y t e c h n i c i a n a t V i c t o r i a M e m o r i a l H o s p i t a l . W h i l e c r o s s i n g t h e r o a d , t h e b o y i s c a u g h t i n a t e r r i b l e a c c i d e n t , w h i c h c r i t i c a l l y i n j u r e s h i m .
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob – wllllantysiliogogogoch
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrob – wllllantysiliogogogoch Llan · fair · pwll · gwyn · gyll · go · ger · ych - wyrn · drob · wll · llan · ty · silio · go · go · goch
Reading = Decoding × Comprehension
The girl
The girl knew
The girl knew the answer
The girl knew the answer was wrong
The horse raced past the barn fell
The girl knew the answer by heart The girl knew the answer was wrong
The Verona Sulpicius Severus, 517 AD
The only students I have ever met who ever believed their ears were blind.
The girl knew the answer by heart The girl knew ‹the answer was wrong›
Learning Tools for OneNote http://www.onenote.com/learningtools Kevin Larson kevlar@microsoft.com
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