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The author, Penny Bailey asserts in the first section, “Metacognition- I Know (Or I Don 't Know) That I know” that people metacognate when they read something. They reflect on their feelings or judgement. The author emphasizes a game show to give an example, if the contestants have good metacognitive skills they will be confident in their knowledge. In the second section “Killer Questions”, the author notes the tests they did. Contestants were asked to look at two different shades of gray and black. Adjusting the brightness so that everyone was seeing the same things. All contestants performing the test weren 't quit sure which patch was lighter. The last section “I Believe I Do”, theorizes how we think. Describing two chocolate bars

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