Becoming Autonomous: What Research Suggests and How Autonomy Can Be Facilitated in Secondary Reading Programs.

The concept of autonomy can help secondary reading teachers help their students to become better readers and users of text. Research indicates that many students in content areas do not know how metacognitive strategies can be implemented so that students can become autonomous. Practical suggestions for helping readers become autonomous include modeling, risk-taking, time allotment, and purpose for reading. Reading educators need to realize that not only can autonomy be facilitated, but they can act on the effectiveness of autonomy and help their students become truly autonomous. (Contains 11 references.) (RS)