Which cause describes having undeveloped intentional strategies?

Which cause describes having undeveloped intentional strategies?

• A. Undeveloped intentional strategies
• B. Adequate cognitive development
• C. Inadequate comprehension monitoring and self-evaluation
• D. Unfamiliarity with text features and task demands

Answer: (A)

Having undeveloped intentional strategies means a reader hasn’t learned to approach text with purposeful, practiced tactics. They may read without a plan, fail to predict or question, skip summarizing, and not monitor or adjust their understanding as they go. Without these deliberate strategies, comprehension suffers even if decoding and general development are fine, because there isn’t an active, self-directed process guiding meaning-making. The other ideas point to different issues—adequate cognitive development isn’t a hindrance, monitoring and self-evaluation is a distinct skill problem, and unfamiliarity with text features and task demands concerns content knowledge rather than the strategic approach itself. So undeveloped intentional strategies best describe the described cause.

Having undeveloped intentional strategies means a reader hasn’t learned to approach text with purposeful, practiced tactics. They may read without a plan, fail to predict or question, skip summarizing, and not monitor or adjust their understanding as they go. Without these deliberate strategies, comprehension suffers even if decoding and general development are fine, because there isn’t an active, self-directed process guiding meaning-making. The other ideas point to different issues—adequate cognitive development isn’t a hindrance, monitoring and self-evaluation is a distinct skill problem, and unfamiliarity with text features and task demands concerns content knowledge rather than the strategic approach itself. So undeveloped intentional strategies best describe the described cause.