Three of the following students are using metacognitive strategies while reading. Which one is not necessarily using a metacognitive strategy?
A) Darnell always thinks about what he wants to learn from a textbook before he begins to read it.
B) Josie likes to guess what an author will say before she starts reading; she continues to revise her guesses as she goes along.
C) Pablo prefers to read out loud so he can hear what the words sound like.
D) Keiko ignores parts of the text that don't relate to her purpose for reading.

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While reading out loud can aid in comprehension, it is not necessarily a metacognitive strategy as it does not involve planning, monitoring, or evaluating one's own thinking. The other three choices all involve metacognitive strategies such as setting a purpose for reading, making predictions, and selectively focusing on relevant information.

Three of the Following Students Are Using Metacognitive Strategies While