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=== Re-statement of words & sentences === | === Re-statement of words & sentences === | ||
* summarization is | * summarization requires comprehension | ||
** but it is a skill that can be taught | |||
* student comprehension is enhanced by re-stating in one's own words | |||
** it helps to discern what the student actually understands | |||
==== "Teaching it back" ==== | |||
* one method to enhance summarization and student comprehension is to engage the student in "teaching it back" to someone else | |||
** "''you can't teach it if you don't know it''" works as a good measure of student comprehension in any subject or skill | |||
** in summarization it is helpful becuase it forces the student to articulate his or her own comprehension | |||
** if the student gets stuck, the teacher can ask the student to identify Prior Knowledge: | |||
*** i.e., "Well, what do you know from this passage? | |||
*** and build up comprehension from there | |||
==== Asking questions ==== | |||
* question formulation is a process of | |||
** 1. identifying prior knowledge (what is understood or familiar) | |||
** 2. identifying new knowledge (what is not understood or familiar) | |||
** and 3. extending that prior knowledge by asking a question about it or the new knowledge | |||
==== Thinking up titles ==== | |||
* Titles are summaries | |||
** ask the student to give each passage segment a title | |||
== Lesson Plan example or student exercise == | == Lesson Plan example or student exercise == | ||