GEOG 882
Geographic Foundations of Geospatial Intelligence

Lesson 1.10b Comprehension

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Comprehension

Consider our pupil once again. They have memorized their letters and numbers. They now need to understand that these letters and numbers have meaning. Letters have certain sounds. Numbers represent a numerical value such that one equals one star but three equals three stars and is more than one.

quantities of 1, 2, 3 stars
Quantities of 1, 2, 3 stars
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A learner at this stage in their development can be observed demonstrating the ability to:

  • understand information
  • grasp meaning
  • translate knowledge into new context
  • interpret facts, compare, contrast
  • order, group, infer causes
  • predict consequences

Verbs that demonstrate comprehension:

summarize, describe, interpret, contrast, predict, associate, distinguish, estimate, differentiate, discuss, extend