This video shows how KWL is used in the classroom and the benefits of using the chart for comprehension. It shows how students with disabilities could use KWL to benefit comprehension.
"In addition to teaching students to connect to background knowledge, this activity also can develop habits of summarizing, questioning, predicting, inferring, and figuring out word meanings," (Ogle, 1986).
"KWL has a long and effective history in scaffolding of expository texts," (Ogle, 1986)
Basic KWL uses three columns in which to write down information that We Know (background knowledge), Want to Know (establishing purpose and asking questions), and Have Learned (main idea).
Ogle, D.M. (1986). "K-W-L: A teaching model that develops active reading of expository text." Reading Teacher, 39, 564-570.