IDENTIFY COMPREHENSION CHALLENGES

Comprehension is all about understanding.

MatrixED attacks at the very basic level: words.

Students receive videos outlining research-based strategies they can use and practice to improve understanding:

- Use Your Resources - a how-to on dictionaries, thesauri, and the internet.

- Find the Clues - an in depth look at how to locate and use context clues in reading passages, test question, and even answer choices.

- Break It Down - a quick tutorial on using prefixes, suffixes, and roots to understand a word with a linked list to the most commonly used.

- Write and Re-write - a video that stresses the importance of annotations and writing in your own words.