English English Thinking Meta 6–8 yrs

Monitoring Comprehension

监控阅读理解

Description

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

Mastery Evidence
  • comprehension monitoring research
  • Metacognitive Monitoring in Reading Comprehension (MDPI 2024)
Assessment Prompt

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?