Which strategy helps students understand that some questions have answers in the text, some require thinking and searching, and some can be answered on their own?

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Understanding how readers categorize questions by where the answer comes from is what this item tests. The strategy shown here is Question-Answer Relationships. It helps students see that some questions have answers directly in the text, some require thinking and searching across multiple parts of the text and using evidence to infer or synthesize, and some can be answered from the reader’s own knowledge or experience without looking at the text. This framework guides students on how to approach each question and where to look for support, boosting both accuracy and independence in comprehension. Other strategies focus on discussion (Think-Pair-Share), activating prior knowledge and reflection (KWL), or making predictions, but they don’t explicitly teach how to classify questions by where the answer comes from in the text. For instance, a factual detail found in a specific paragraph fits the first category, a reasoned answer drawn from clues scattered across the text fits the second, and a personal response based on experience fits the third.