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Teaching topic: Literacy (defined reading comprehension strategies): Synthesising

All as described in Bowe, Treasa; Gleeson, Martin; Courtney, Ann. Building bridges of understanding: theory and actual classroom practices in multiple comprehension strategy instruction. Limerick: Mary Immaculate College, Curriculum Development Unit, 2012

"Synthesis is the ability to integrate new information from text within one's prior knowledge (schema) to reach a conclusion regarding text content." 

In: Bowe, TreasaGleeson, MartinCourtney, Ann. Building bridges of understanding: theory and actual classroom practices in multiple comprehension strategy instruction: resource. Limerick: Mary Immaculate College, Curriculum Development Unit, [2012]. P.9.

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