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Reading Comprehension: Trouble Signs
SCHOOL DAYS 
Tags: reading, comprehension, signs, education
This list is from Overcoming Dyslexia, by Sally Shaywitz, MD. A noted researcher in neuroscience and a pediatrician, Dr Shaywitz is professor of pediatrics and codirector of the Yale Center for the Study of Learning and Attention. She is also a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. She hopes her book will be a “trusted source you can turn to for information, for advice, for guidance and for explanation.”
| | Doesn’t seem to get much from his reading |
| | Has trouble answering “What was it about?” |
| | Doesn’t enjoy reading |
| | Spends the same amount of time on easy passages as on difficult ones |
| | Doesn’t finish what he begins to read |
| | Doesn’t seem to be able to relate his reading to things he knows |
| | Has trouble drawing inferences from his reading; is very literal |
| | Can’t come up with “main ideas” or summarize |
| | Can’t distinguish important ideas from lesser ones |
| | Has trouble making predictions about the reading |
| | Rarely checks back to earlier pages to orient himself |
| | Says reading is “boring”, or “I’m tired” |
| | Avoids reading |
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Shaywitz MD, Sally, Overcoming Dyslexia, AA Knopf 2003
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Great, a really helpful list! Thanks!
Comment by: flatfoot Most of the things they make kids read are very boring. I think in some cases a lot of these things are signs that the child has poor reading comprehension and sometimes they're signs that the kid hates the book they've been given to read.
Comment by: zchristi
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