English·English Thinking·meta
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
Suggested ages 6–8
Evidence of understanding
- comprehension monitoring research
- Metacognitive Monitoring in Reading Comprehension (MDPI 2024)
Assessment prompt
After Monitoring Comprehension 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?
Standards alignment
No external standards are linked to this topic.