Building Comprehension and Retention in Higher Education

Study Skills
for
Higher education

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
a) Discuss the role of building comprehension and retention in improving quality of learning
and increase academic achievement of students....................................................................1
b) Evaluate the obstacles pertaining to building comprehension and retention.....................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
For every educational institute it is essential to build comprehension and retention
because it will help them in ensuring learning of students. Comprehension is considered as term
that defines understanding of a person by reading material at a present time (Gernsbacher, 2013).
On the other hand retention is considering situation which define about what that person
remembers later on. There are different method which can be adopted by an individual in order
to enhance comprehension and retention such as reading, keeping notes, writing and so on.
Topics which are coved in this report are role of developing comprehension as well as retention
in enhancing quality of learning and maximising academic achievement of a student. Moreover it
will also describe about obstacles pertaining for building comprehension and retention of a
person or students.
MAIN BODY
a) Discuss the role of building comprehension and retention in improving quality of learning and
increase academic achievement of students
In a life a person comprehension and retention plays an essential roles because that lead to
generation of huge opportunities through which they can make effective career. These are also
necessary for students as that will help in improving quality of learning as well as it will also
enhance academic achievement (Krom, 2012). Comprehension is considered as level of
understanding of any text or message. It will be generally developed by interacting among words
which are written had how that can trigger understanding or knowledge outside any message or
text. It is essential for a student to have comprehension because without it reading is considered
as nothing more than tracking symbols in a book or a page with eyes as well as sounding them
out. It will also develop a reason of reading anything as well as it is also beneficial because
without comprehension a student not able to gather information’s through reading. In addition to
this comprehension also plays a necessary role in improving pleasure and effectiveness of a
student reading and listening abilities (Linderholm, Therriault and Kwon, 2014). It will also help
them in developing understanding of different subjects as well as personal and professional lives.
Moreover, that will also help a student in improving their grade in test through which they can
develop effective and successful future or career.
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