What does "make sense" mean?

      This passage of reading was very interesting to me. All too often we teachers over-estimate the comprehension of our students. We use 'big' words and assume that out students know what they mean. At first we need to over explain so that we can determine what the level of understanding is amongst our students. It took a group of researchers to get Jamika to finally vent that she didn't know what "make sense" means.
     Another concept that I found very interesting was when Keene said that "...we aren't necessarily teaching comprehension, we're actually assessing comprehension" (Keene, pg. 5). This statement makes complete sense. we are always asking students if they understand but we are neglecting to teach them HOW to understand. It's a very enlightening statement....