In QARs, the quality associated with an answer to questions from which the information must be rooted in the student’s background knowledge.

Substitutes for words that usually and repeatedly appear in a passage. Pronouns are an example.

The collection and integration of information sources that the reader uses to derive and make meaning in the act of reading.

The action which mentally processes and turns oral language into meaning.

A teaching strategy, developed by Russell G. Stauffer, which aims to improve reading comprehension through a repeated prediction-making process.

The clear visual image that certain words evoke. Examples of such words include a dog, table, and blue.

The act of focusing carefully on sounds in spoken language with the goal of acquiring the message being communicated.

A concept in the meaning of certain words that do not evoke a clear visual image. Examples of such words include way, there, and democracy.

A graphic representation used to organize an idea about its relevant qualities as well as to examples and nonexamples of the idea.

Various methods that use context and word parts to ascertain the meanings of words.