Most teachers (93%) teach comprehension through vocabulary. What concept is more relevant to comprehension?
Schemata or frame of reference has more to do with comprehensive than the vocabulary in a passage. If we do not have the background to understand a situation, we can know all the “words” involved but still not be able to make sense of what we have read or heard. He showed a piece of paper about a scientific idea where we understood all the words, but not the idea. Vocabulary alone doesn’t mean comprehension. Kids cannot be expected to spell words they cannot read. Some have strong rote memories, particularly for areas of interest, but cannot transfer that over.
