Knowing What You Don't Know
English · English Thinking · meta
Monitor your own vocabulary gaps — notice words you half-know, distinguish confident from uncertain knowledge, and develop strategies to resolve the uncertainty
What mastery looks like
- Noticing Unfamiliar Words Assessment research (grade 2+)
- word consciousness and vocabulary metacognition research
- Building Word Knowledge e-Book (PMC 2019)
Check your understanding
When Knowing What You Don't Know comes across a word they half-know — where they can guess the meaning but aren't sure — do they notice that gap and do something about it, like looking it up or asking?
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