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Students are taught explicitly the strategies
of metacognition by the teacher verbalizing the mental process they go
through or how to figure something out.
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Select passages to read aloud that contain
points of difficulty, ambiguities, contradictions, or unknown words.
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While orally reading and modeling thinking
aloud, have students follow silently and listen to how trouble spots are
thought through.
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Have students work with partners to practice
think-alouds by taking turns reading short, carefully prepared passages and
sharing thoughts.
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Have students practice independently using a
checklist to involve all students while verifying use of the procedure.
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To provide for transfer, integrate practice
with other lessons and provide occasional demonstrations of how, why and
when to use think-alouds.
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