{"id":770,"date":"2015-07-29T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rempub.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/help-students-get-better-at-getting-it\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T07:32:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T07:32:07","slug":"help-students-get-better-at-getting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rempub.com\/blog\/help-students-get-better-at-getting-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Students Get Better at \u201cGetting It\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comprehension is that magic moment when your student assimilates information and suddenly \u201cgets it.\u201d That aha moment feels so good! Because comprehension requires a higher level of reasoning ability, once students master this skill, they will be able to tackle new challenges with the ability to think them through and discover solutions.
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We\u2019ve put together the following activities that will helps students progressively improve their abstract thinking skills and their ability to \u201cget it.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Where are we going?<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
This activity will have students reading simple symbols in a key and answering questions about a map. You can get lots of questions out of this one map that will improve comprehension skills. Simply display the map<\/a> on your whiteboard or print it out so each student gets his or her own map. Then ask students to use the symbols to answer the questions below.<\/span><\/span>
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Click here<\/a> to download the map.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n