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Survey of Students’ Metacognition and Reading

Posted by Katie Hern on February 18, 2009 in Literacy, Metacognition, Pre/Post, Reading, Surveys with 1 Comment


The attached article from the Journal of Educational Psychology includes a useful survey instrument for assessing students’ metacognitive awareness of their own reading strategies. This easy-to-use tool provides feedback to both students and faculty about how students are approaching their academic reading. The survey and scoring rubric are included in the appendix.

Assessing Students’ Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies

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