Metacognition and Reading Comprehension: Current Trends in Theory and Research

El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A.

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“…reading the paragraph, asking questions about the readings, and summarizing the readings using the participant's own words. Also as discussed earlier, these stages involve a metacognitive process (El-Koumy, 2004;Hagaman, Luschen, & Reid, 2010). During these stages, an individual is trained to monitor the student's reading process so as to gain awareness of what he understands and what he does not understand.…”

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“…The RAP strategy is also well suited to better understand various types of reading, such as narrative and expository readings. Moreover, the RAP strategy, that involves a metacognitive process (El-Koumy, 2004;Hagaman, Luschen, & Reid, 2010), is also appropriate for the participant, who has above average intelligence. In metacognitive processes, students are expected to be aware of what they know and what they do not know, as well as to regulate the learning process by means of planning, monitoring, and evaluating (Livingston, 1997).…”

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Diversity in Unity: Perspectives from Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Ariyanto¹,

Muluk²,

Newcombe³

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 91%

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confidence: 99%

Diversity in Unity: Perspectives from Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Ariyanto¹,

Muluk²,

Newcombe³

et al. 2017

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“…According to the contemporary researches, a skilled reader is still not characterized by the set of rigidly bordered meta-cognitive strategies or by the knowledge of a wide variety of these strategies (El-Koumy, 2004). As the main argument here may be the ability to use flexibly the disposable strategies depending on a specific context.…”

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Metacognitive Strategies: Asset to Efficient Learning and Education

Doulík¹,

Škoda²,

Říčan³

2015

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The following text deals with the metacognitive strategies. All authors introduce readers into the metacognition terminology and knowledge and describe in detail contemporary trends in the field of metacognitive strategy research. Authors acquaint the reader to the current findings of empirical researches and also they point out the importance of the elementary implementation of metacognitive activities into the educational process.

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“…Some researchers (Bock, 1993;Keene & Zimmermann, 1997;El-Koumy, 2004) mentioned that reading strategies can be divided into cognitive and metacognitive styles. Cognitive strategy meant readers had interaction with contents by using strategies to help them understand the contents.…”

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Exploring the Useful Reading Strategies among EFL College Students in Taiwan*

Kung¹

2013

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The major purpose of this study was to understand what the reading strategies the EFL students use more or less among EFL college students in Taiwan. The study focused on three hundred and ninety-eight EFL college students coming from seven colleges located in the north, central, and south Taiwan. The research instrument was a questionnaire modified from Wan-Yin Lin's Chinese reading strategies questionnaire (2005). The collected data used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13.0 to analyze the results. The findings of study included the following: first, higher grade students had more variety in using reading strategies than lower grade students; and second, the higher grade students tended to use integrated strategies more than lower grade students. According to the research findings, the researcher provided some recommendations, such as teachers could be better guiders to help students understand the importance of reading in language learning. They can not just focus on teaching listening and speaking, and should enhance the balance development in integrated reading strategies that helped students could read fluently any English materials.

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Metacognition and Reading Comprehension: Current Trends in Theory and Research

Cited by 12 publications

References 105 publications

Diversity in Unity: Perspectives from Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Diversity in Unity: Perspectives from Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Metacognitive Strategies: Asset to Efficient Learning and Education

Exploring the Useful Reading Strategies among EFL College Students in Taiwan*

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