What is QAR?
The question–answer relationship (QAR) strategy helps students understand the different types of questions. By learning that the answers to some questions are "Right There" (Literal) in the text, that some answers require a reader to "Think and Search," (Literal, just take a little more effort) some questions "Author and You" (Interpretive) require you to look back at what the author says and what you know to be true, and that some answers can only be answered "On My Own," (Interpretive, or Evaluative) students recognize that they must first consider the question before developing an answer.
Why use question–answer relationship?
- It can improve students' reading comprehension.
- It teaches students how to ask questions about their reading and where to find the answers to them.
- It helps students to think about the text they are reading and beyond it, too.
- It inspires them to think creatively and work cooperatively while challenging them to use higher-level thinking skills.
How To Use It:
Four types of questions are examined in the QAR:
Right There Questions/ Literal: Literal questions whose answers can be found in the text. Often the words used in the question are the same words found in the text.
Think and Search Questions /Inferential: Answers are gathered from several parts of the text and put together to make meaning.
Author and You/ Interpretive: These questions are based on information provided in the text but the student is required to relate it to their own experience. Although the answer does not lie directly in the text, the student must have read it in order to answer the question.
On My Own/ Interpretive-Evaluative: These questions do not require the student to have read the passage but he/she must use their background or prior knowledge to answer the question.
Take a look to see this strategy in action:
http://www.vdoe.whro.org/elementary_reading/QAR1-25-2010_F8_FastStart_512k.swf
The question–answer relationship (QAR) strategy helps students understand the different types of questions. By learning that the answers to some questions are "Right There" (Literal) in the text, that some answers require a reader to "Think and Search," (Literal, just take a little more effort) some questions "Author and You" (Interpretive) require you to look back at what the author says and what you know to be true, and that some answers can only be answered "On My Own," (Interpretive, or Evaluative) students recognize that they must first consider the question before developing an answer.
Why use question–answer relationship?
- It can improve students' reading comprehension.
- It teaches students how to ask questions about their reading and where to find the answers to them.
- It helps students to think about the text they are reading and beyond it, too.
- It inspires them to think creatively and work cooperatively while challenging them to use higher-level thinking skills.
How To Use It:
Four types of questions are examined in the QAR:
Right There Questions/ Literal: Literal questions whose answers can be found in the text. Often the words used in the question are the same words found in the text.
Think and Search Questions /Inferential: Answers are gathered from several parts of the text and put together to make meaning.
Author and You/ Interpretive: These questions are based on information provided in the text but the student is required to relate it to their own experience. Although the answer does not lie directly in the text, the student must have read it in order to answer the question.
On My Own/ Interpretive-Evaluative: These questions do not require the student to have read the passage but he/she must use their background or prior knowledge to answer the question.
Take a look to see this strategy in action:
http://www.vdoe.whro.org/elementary_reading/QAR1-25-2010_F8_FastStart_512k.swf