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the knowledge gained from the process of coming to know or understand something
the president's comprehension of the current situation in the Middle East
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Louisiana students gained significant ground in reading and math comprehension, with test score improvements among the best in the nation, according to a new national education report.
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
For most cognitive activities (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation), knowledge workers reported that generative AI had reduced effort.
—Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Active reading and note-taking to sharpen focus, enhance comprehension, and improve memory retention.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Again, this is an iterative process, where building meaning from a sentence may require many eye movements to scan back and forth across a sentence, improving reading comprehension—and requiring many of these systems to communicate among themselves.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
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Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025
For most cognitive activities (knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation), knowledge workers reported that generative AI had reduced effort.
—Charles Towers-Clark, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Active reading and note-taking to sharpen focus, enhance comprehension, and improve memory retention.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 10 Mar. 2025
Again, this is an iterative process, where building meaning from a sentence may require many eye movements to scan back and forth across a sentence, improving reading comprehension—and requiring many of these systems to communicate among themselves.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Comprehension.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comprehension. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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