Improving Reading Comprehension in Students: An Examination of Structured Teaching Models and Strategies

Athina Ntoulia

Abstract: In the modern educational reality, understanding is the basis for managing and expanding knowledge. Especially nowadays, where the rapid increase in information is reality, the education of students is considered of utmost importance and primary necessity, in order for them to become competent and critical readers and able to manage and process this volume of information according to the occasion and the goal they want to succeed. This study investigates the challenges students face in reading comprehension and how structured teaching models and strategies can address these issues. It presents students perspectives on their difficulties and explores the potential of specific teaching models and strategies to enhance their reading comprehension skills.

Keywords: reading comprehension, teaching models, strategies, educational pedagogy, student engagement