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Comprehending Nonfiction Texts:
Four Dimensions and Strategies
William G. Brozo
Comprehension is a complex process. It is developmental in that one’s ability to understand text continues to increase throughout life (Brozo & Simpson, 2007). It is contextual in that meaning making is bounded by place, history, social interaction, and function (Gee, 2000). Furthermore, comprehension is, as Eileen Kintsch (2005) puts it, “no longer considered to be a single, monolithic process, but rather multiple processes that occur simultaneously at different levels” (pp. 62–63).
Theses various processes inherent in acts of comprehension can be framed around four critical, interrelated dimensions: cognitive, textual, personal, and social. Teachers mindful of the complexity of the meaning making process are better able to support their students’ comprehension of text (Braunger, Donahue, Evans, & Galguera, 2005).
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