Question

Ms. Garza wants her students to use metacognitive skills to guide their reading and inquiry. She is beginning a unit in social studies about the industrial revolution and plans to introduce the lesson with a KWL chart. Describe how she might effectively use a KWL system to encourage students to use metacognitive skills.

Answer 1

KWL Charts assist teachers in activating students prior knowledge of a subject or topic and encourage inquisition, active research and reading.KWL stands for:

K-What students Know?

W-What students Want to Learn and

L-What students Learns as they read or research

KWL charts are especially helpful as pre-reading strategy while reading expository texts and may also serve as an assessment tool of what students have learned durng a unit of study.

In learning, Metacognition involves the active monitoring and conscious control and regulation of cognitive processes. It involves thinking about thinking, self awareness and self regulations.

The metacognitive strategy of self-questioning is used to ensure that students comprehend the text. AndA KWL Charts are very effective system in this process of self-questioning. When students set their own purposes for reading, they are more motivated and active as readers. As we know each student has a schema or a framework for how they view the world and Accessing a student's prior Knowledge is the first step in integrating new concepts into their existing schema. KWL charts help activate prior knowledge and provide an opportunity for students to set their own learning objectives