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  The learner extracts information from text, relates its parts and selects a
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    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Reading comprehension
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      The learner extracts information from text, relates its parts and selects
      a conclusion supported by the reading.
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      width: 665
      height: 1440
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      rights: © Duolingo. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'Duolingo: a question about the preceding message'
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        Distinguish explicitly stated information from an inference across
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# Text comprehension and information

id: education--family-40
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/education--family-40
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/education--family-40/

The learner extracts information from text, relates its parts and selects a conclusion supported by the reading.

## At a glance

![Duolingo: a question about the preceding message](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/learning-duo-reading-3.webp)

[Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/covering-all-the-bases-duolingos-approach-to-reading-skills/) · © Duolingo. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The text that supports the answer

- Distinguish explicitly stated information from an inference across sentences.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/covering-all-the-bases-duolingos-approach-to-reading-skills/)

## How it works

Find explicit information

## Variants

### Variants

<a id="family-40-branch-1"></a>

- Find explicit information <a id="family-40-variant-1"></a>
- Identify main ideas <a id="family-40-variant-2"></a>
- Infer from text <a id="family-40-variant-3"></a>
- Infer reasons for actions <a id="family-40-variant-4"></a>
- Predict continuation <a id="family-40-variant-5"></a>
- Restore episode order <a id="family-40-variant-6"></a>
- Choose headings <a id="family-40-variant-7"></a>
- Connect text and images <a id="family-40-variant-8"></a>
- Compare two sources <a id="family-40-variant-9"></a>
- Distinguish fact and opinion <a id="family-40-variant-10"></a>
- Find support for conclusions <a id="family-40-variant-11"></a>
- Check message reliability <a id="family-40-variant-12"></a>

## Design example

Read characters' notes to locate a hidden item.

## Context and limits

A mechanic map for games with explicit learning goals, from first encounters with a topic to professional practice. It covers children, teenagers and adults; choose subject, difficulty, context and controls for the learner. Player actions, subject content, instructional support and assessment are distinct layers. Scores and game completion alone do not establish mastery or skill transfer.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Educational reference expanded from all 64 families and 749 variants of the original children-education taxonomy, with original editorial additions dated 2026-10-20. Sources support specific methods and examples, not the entire classification or its effectiveness.

- [Duolingo](https://blog.duolingo.com/covering-all-the-bases-duolingos-approach-to-reading-skills/) (id: source-9125b39e06f4f673)

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