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vicky

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The textbook describes many differences between good readers and poor readersthat is, between people who do and do not learn effectively from the things they read. Which one of the following is not an accurate statement about their differences?
 
  a. Good readers read more quickly than poor readers; for example, many good readers are skilled speed readers.
  b. Good readers are more likely to formulate questions that they then try to answer as they read.
  c. Good readers focus their attention on what is most important to learn; poor readers are less discriminating.
  d. As they read, good readers are more likely to embellish on what they read through inference-drawing and other forms of elaboration.

Question 2

Three of the following students are using metacognitive strategies while using the Internet. Which one is not necessarily using a metacognitive strategy?
 
  a. Aiden chooses appropriate key words to search for new concepts.
  b. Billy actively evaluates the misinformation he is receiving from certain websites.
  c. Carole often changes her search criteria as she learns new information.
  d. Doug has multiple websites active at one time.



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ambernicolefink

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d




vicky

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Gracias!


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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