When and Where I Found It: In the book, Teaching Reading in the Content Areas; If Not Me, Then Who? by Rachel Bellmeyer and Mary Lee Barton, the authors asked the readers to think about an activity we as educators have accomplished, the thoughts we were thinking and how we behaved as we engaged in the activity. The book identifies metacomprehension as key feature in understanding strategic processing.
Meaning: According to Bellmeyer and Barton (1998), Metacomprehension "refers to being strategic and reflective about reading comprehension" (p. 42).
Level of Familiarity: I understand what metacognition means and have used it within my daily discourses as both a professional and as a student in Literacy education, however, I am unfamiliar with the term metacomprehension. Meta indicates the process of thinking about something. I was then able to make an educated inference/ hypothesis of what the term might mean.
Do I Want to Know This Word Well? Why? I would like to know this word well and be able to use it correctly and comfortably when discussing various aspects of students' learning process. I feel it is a valuable term to know in order to teach our students to be aware of the process and strategies they use to make comprehension possible.
Do I Want Others to Know this Word Well? Who and Why? Yes, all teachers should know this word. It encourages unity amongst educators as they develop common language to discuss students' literacy education.
Meaning: According to Bellmeyer and Barton (1998), Metacomprehension "refers to being strategic and reflective about reading comprehension" (p. 42).
Level of Familiarity: I understand what metacognition means and have used it within my daily discourses as both a professional and as a student in Literacy education, however, I am unfamiliar with the term metacomprehension. Meta indicates the process of thinking about something. I was then able to make an educated inference/ hypothesis of what the term might mean.
Do I Want to Know This Word Well? Why? I would like to know this word well and be able to use it correctly and comfortably when discussing various aspects of students' learning process. I feel it is a valuable term to know in order to teach our students to be aware of the process and strategies they use to make comprehension possible.
Do I Want Others to Know this Word Well? Who and Why? Yes, all teachers should know this word. It encourages unity amongst educators as they develop common language to discuss students' literacy education.
Hi A.J.,
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It looks like this first entry is still a work in progress? As you finalize this, be sure to use the five headings that we agreed should be used to detail each post.
Also, don't forget you need to post another word to your blog before class this Wednesday. I'm looking forward to learning what your next words are. Enjoy searching for words that are meaningful to you!
Dr. Jones
Hi Dr. Jones. In response to your suggestion to "use the five headings we discussed in class," are the headings I have labeled on my two current blogs correct?
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