Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
reading strategies, close reading, logical inferences, reading comprehension
College
Humanities
Department
English
Abstract
The Common Core State Standards call for students to be better able to comprehend and close read literature when it states that students will be able to “read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it.”1 However, even though this is what the standards are calling for, the concern is how educators can better teach and aid students in gaining skills that will contribute to increased close reading and comprehension. While research upholds the importance of these skills for academic and career success,2 it lacks in discussing the implementation of strategies to help students increase reading comprehension and close reading.
Recommended Citation
McQuay, Colleen and Coombs, Dawan
(2016)
"Using Reading Strategies to Teach Students Close Reading,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2016:
Iss.
1, Article 125.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2016/iss1/125