Monitoring Comprehension
Notice the difference between decoding words and actually understanding them — recognise when you've read the words but not grasped the meaning, and do something about it
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“After your child reads a paragraph or listens to an explanation, do they notice when they haven't really understood it — rather than just carrying on as if they had?”
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- Activity. Notice the difference between decoding words and actually understanding them — recognise when you've read the words but not grasped the meaning, and do something about it
What to notice. comprehension monitoring research • Metacognitive Monitoring in Reading Comprehension (MDPI 2024)
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After your child reads a paragraph or listens to an explanation, do they notice when they haven't really understood it — rather than just carrying on as if they had?
Notice the difference between decoding words and actually understanding them — recognise when you've read the words but not grasped the meaning, and do something about it
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- Metacognitive Monitoring in Reading Comprehension (MDPI 2024)
“After your child reads a paragraph or listens to an explanation, do they notice when they haven't really understood it — rather than just carrying on as if they had?”
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- Subject
- English
- Domain
- English Thinking
- Age range
- Ages 6–8