Which concept is described as being used by learners while self-monitoring to integrate information from text and illustrations to construct meaning?

• A. Anchor Book
• B. Cues
• C. Comprehension
• D. Alphabetic Principle

Answer: (B)

Readers rely on cues from both the text and the illustrations to monitor understanding and combine information to make meaning. Cues are the signals readers use—like headings, captions, bolded terms, diagrams, and pictures—that help them check whether what they’re reading fits with what they see in the visuals. When learners self-monitor, they look for alignment between the written information and the illustrations, and they adjust their thinking if something doesn’t match. This process of using these cues to integrate details from both sources is what helps construct a coherent understanding of the material.

Anchor Book isn’t about this specific self-checking process; it’s not the mechanism described here. Comprehension refers to understanding overall, which results from strategies like using cues but isn’t itself the exact strategy described. Alphabetic Principle deals with decoding sounds and letters, not with integrating text and visuals.