Description: Not all students read on the same level, and today’s students often struggle in reading more than in any other subject. There are some strategies to help students improve their reading skills and perform better on these tests.
Strategies To Help Students
Improve Their Reading Skills1. Teaching students to look below the surface
- Encourage students to summarize
the critical points of the comprehension - Ask students questions to know their
understanding of the text they read
- Encourage students to summarize
2. Teaching students to think critically
- Make students learn to look at a text
from a variety of perspectives - Ask to think in ways that may not be natural
to them but would be for someone else - Encourage them to infer critically to
find the most reasonable answers
- Make students learn to look at a text
3. Create space for reading
- Give students time to read
- Give freedom to choose the texts
they find exciting and enjoyable
4. Practice Assessments
- Expose the students to types of questions they'll
encounter on a reading comprehension assessment
- Expose the students to types of questions they'll