Visual Reading Strategies
Not every child is a visual learner and not every strategy will work with every child. You should communicate with your child and find some strategies they find fun and successful for them, so you can start creating a more pleasurable reading experience that will last them the rest of his/her life.
What is it?
Reading comprehension using visual strategies is understanding the text through the use of pictures, imagery, and graphic organizers. This means the reader connects their thoughts into visual representations to better understand the literature.
Testimonials for the use of visual reading comprehension strategies:
“There is an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to comprehension, this saying might be paraphrased, ‘a visual display helps readers understand, organize, and remember some of those thousand words.’”¹¹-Duke & Pearson, 2002
“Proficient learners build on and activate their background knowledge before reading, writing,speaking, or listening; poor learners begin without thinking.”-Irvin et al., 1996
“As they read, good readers frequently make predictions about what is to come.”-Duke & Pearson, 2002
"Research results showed that students who demonstrated a 35 percent comprehension and recall rate before learning the [visual imagery] strategy improved to an 86 percent comprehension and recall rate after learning the strategy."-University of Kansas
What is it?
Reading comprehension using visual strategies is understanding the text through the use of pictures, imagery, and graphic organizers. This means the reader connects their thoughts into visual representations to better understand the literature.
Testimonials for the use of visual reading comprehension strategies:
“There is an old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to comprehension, this saying might be paraphrased, ‘a visual display helps readers understand, organize, and remember some of those thousand words.’”¹¹-Duke & Pearson, 2002
“Proficient learners build on and activate their background knowledge before reading, writing,speaking, or listening; poor learners begin without thinking.”-Irvin et al., 1996
“As they read, good readers frequently make predictions about what is to come.”-Duke & Pearson, 2002
"Research results showed that students who demonstrated a 35 percent comprehension and recall rate before learning the [visual imagery] strategy improved to an 86 percent comprehension and recall rate after learning the strategy."-University of Kansas