According to Boushey and Moser (2009), "Readers who monitor their own reading know and use specific strategies when meaning breaks down, the reader has strategies to go back and fix it" (p. 156). I In other words, readers need to be actively engaging with the text they are reading. They must be cognitively aware of their thinking, their comprehension, and the questions that they have about the particular text they are reading. If students monitor their own reading and go back and fix their reading miscues or return to previous sections of the text to fully comprehend the text, they will be successful literacy learners. Not only does self-monitoring help students to comprehend within the text, it also helps them develop as independent readers and teaches them to be advocates for their own learning.
Boushey, G. & Moser, J. (2009). Ready reference form: Using prior knowledge to connect with text. In The CAFE book:
Engaging all students in daily literacy assessment & instruction (p. 158). Portland, ME: Stenhouse Publisher. |