A Skill Strong Readers Share

Students in classrooms across the United States spend an estimated 85 percent of their school day on assignments that require reading texts. A key difference between students who can read well and those who cannot is the ability to use metacognition.Metacognition can be regarded as a conversation readers have with themselves about what they are reading. Metacognitive readers enjoy reading because

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