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Metacognition is the concept of “thinking about thinking” in which teachers can teach their students to think about the process of how we think and learn.  It would be very helpful to teach students how we read and gain comprehension and understanding from reading because students would then be aware of reading as a process.  Most […]

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“Secondary teachers can use Marxist literary theory to help bring into greater visibility the issues of power, class, ideology, and resistance that are embedded in the texts they read with their students” (Appleman, Deborah. Critical Encounters in High School English. Teachers College Press, New York, NY. 2000. pg. 62-3).
Before reading this chapter in Appleman’s book […]

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