As the conservative movement to turn back the clock on reading instruction flourishes in this age of Trump, the Simple Viewers are launching a muted attack on reading comprehension—sending out trial balloons.
Terry, you are preaching to the converted re: the “banking” of subject knowledge - as if comprehension or deeper thinking happens magically. Metacognition has now become trendy in college and adult education. It’s part of exercises in business, education, and writing classes as well as law - so much so, that the latest AI versions of bots like Claude and ChatGPT now mimic metacognitive responses for “why” they responded to a prompt a certain way. To my thinking, artificial metacognition is *not* a good trend 😉
“Terry, you are preaching to the converted re: the “banking” of subject knowledge - as if comprehension or deeper thinking happens magically.” I hope I’m not preaching:) thanks so much for this rich, provocative comment, Martha. This kind of response is so helpful to me in dialing in my meaning. I share your horror at the thought of artificial metacognition. I’m going to use this comment as a trampoline for a second post on this topic. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you!
You are very welcome. I'm glad you'll be doing another post — I think many people don't understand these trends in writing and reading instruction, especially in the early grades. I'm not sure I understand all the ins and outs, as you do, which is why I want to hear more. And no, I don't think you're preaching. I have to watch my clichés with you :-)
Terry, you are preaching to the converted re: the “banking” of subject knowledge - as if comprehension or deeper thinking happens magically. Metacognition has now become trendy in college and adult education. It’s part of exercises in business, education, and writing classes as well as law - so much so, that the latest AI versions of bots like Claude and ChatGPT now mimic metacognitive responses for “why” they responded to a prompt a certain way. To my thinking, artificial metacognition is *not* a good trend 😉
“Terry, you are preaching to the converted re: the “banking” of subject knowledge - as if comprehension or deeper thinking happens magically.” I hope I’m not preaching:) thanks so much for this rich, provocative comment, Martha. This kind of response is so helpful to me in dialing in my meaning. I share your horror at the thought of artificial metacognition. I’m going to use this comment as a trampoline for a second post on this topic. Again, thank you, thank you, thank you!
You are very welcome. I'm glad you'll be doing another post — I think many people don't understand these trends in writing and reading instruction, especially in the early grades. I'm not sure I understand all the ins and outs, as you do, which is why I want to hear more. And no, I don't think you're preaching. I have to watch my clichés with you :-)
I have been mistaken for a preacher before:) I do have a miniature soapbox my wife gave me as a reminder.