Assessing Reading Metacognitive Strategy Awareness of Young Children: The Reading Metacognitive Strategy Picture Protocol

Authors

  • Jeanne Beck Cobb Coastal Carolina University Conway, South Carolina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20360/G2PC74

Keywords:

metacognition, comprehension, strategies, literacy, early childhood

Abstract

The Reading Metacognitive Strategy Picture Protocol (RMSPP) is an informal, authentic, naturalistic diagnostic tool for classroom teachers and clinicians to use with children as young as kindergarten to assess students’ knowledge and awareness of metacognitive strategies. This article describes the RMSPP and how it was implemented in one informal project with 139 kindergarten – third graders, illustrating the usefulness of this picture protocol response technique with young children.

Author Biography

Jeanne Beck Cobb, Coastal Carolina University Conway, South Carolina

Jeanne Cobb is Professor of Literacy Education at Coastal Carolina University. She also serves as Director of the Chanticleer Center for Literacy Education and Coordinator of Graduate Literacy M.Ed. Program.  She has a combined total of 32 years in education as elementary school teacher, reading specialist, Title I teacher, university professor, professional development school coordinator and reading clinic director. Dr. Cobb’s primary research interests are in the field of emergent literacy and intervention strategies for the improving the literacy achievement of struggling readers and writers. She has published articles in Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Journal of Students Placed at Risk, Journal of Reading Education, Journal of Research in Childhood Education and the LRA Yearbook.   She has presented research papers at international, national, state, and regional conferences and conducted workshops for parents and teachers.  She is the co-author of the text, Historical, Theoretical and Sociological Foundations of Reading in the United States and the author of a children’s picture book.

 

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Published

2016-04-03

How to Cite

Cobb, J. B. (2016). Assessing Reading Metacognitive Strategy Awareness of Young Children: The Reading Metacognitive Strategy Picture Protocol. Language and Literacy, 18(1), 23–39. https://doi.org/10.20360/G2PC74

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 1 (2016): Regular Issue

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Articles

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