Which statement about metacognition assessment during reading is supported by the material?

• A. It Measures Reading Speed Alone
• B. It Assesses Vocabulary Size
• C. It Assesses Metacognition by Asking Readers to Explain How They Know
• D. It Focuses on Phonological Decoding

Answer: (C)

Metacognition in reading is about a reader’s awareness of their own thinking and their ability to monitor and regulate understanding as they read. The assessment that asks readers to explain how they know something directly taps into that ability—readers must articulate the reasoning, evidence, or strategies they used to arrive at an answer. This makes it the best choice because it measures self-reflection and strategy use, core aspects of metacognition. The other ideas refer to related skills but not metacognitive awareness: reading speed measures fluency, vocabulary size gauges word knowledge, and phonological decoding targets decoding ability rather than thinking about thinking.