Proficient readers self-monitor and self-correct to derive meaning from text. This article reviews research on how students learn to self-monitor and self-correct and describes a Reciprocal Teaching (RT) instructional routine that was successfully used with early readers to build their metacognitive processes. The RT routine included teacher…

This article focused on the concept of metacognition. Some theoretical models of metacognition were discussed to provide a general framework to understand the relationship between the different aspects or components of this phenomenon. The study also looked at five metacognitive strategies that enhance learning in schools, namely: (1) graphic…

Reviews and evaluates empirical experiments that use two instructional models of student-teacher interaction, cognitive apprenticeship and reciprocal teaching. developed Argues that although many experiments have been conducted in different settings with good results, there is no evidence about the situational conditions or the ability of the…