Reading Comprehension: Construction, Integration and Common Core

There’s several popular models of reading comprehension that are frequently talked about, such as Gough and Turner’s Simple View of Reading or Scarborough’s Rope. I enjoy these models and think they have a lot to tell us about reading comprehension. However, my favorite model of reading comprehension, and the one that I think has the most implications for reading instruction is Kintsch’s Construction Integration model. In this episode I explain why I prefer the CI model, describe how it suggests the brain processes text, and explain its connection to the Common Core State Standards.