Metacognition

"What was most confusing to me about the material explored in class today?" is an example of what metacognition strategy?

The Muddiest point - practicing recognizing confusing situations

Self-monitoring and self-regulation can lead to what?

better goal setting, planning, implementation, monitoring your progress toward goals and they can help you better adapt to different learning strategies.

What are different strategies for metacognition?

1. encouraging the examination of ones current thinking 2. practice identifying confusing situations/topics 3. pushing to recognize conceptual change 4. use questions to monitor your thinking

"What do I already know about this topic that could guide my learning?" is an example of what metagodnition strategy

Preassessments - examining your current thinking

"What about my exam preparation worked well that I should remember to do next time? What did not work so well that I should not do next time or that I should change?" is an example of what metacognition strategy?

Reflective Journals - using forums to monitor your own thinking

"How is my thinking changing (or not changing) over time?" is an example of what metacognition strategy?

Retrospective Postassessments - recognizing conceptual change

Metacognition involves ______ control over _____________

active ; the cognitive processes engaged in learning

When you learn that you don't know something you thought you did you should _____________

identify what was it you did not know and get help and have an open mind to learning it the right way but also look at how you studied and how you can do better next time

Metacognitive practices can help in an educational context by

increasing a students ability to determine how to expand their knowledge and transfer that knowledge to new contexts

Metacognition refers to our understanding of __________

our skills

Metacognition is the _______ of ________

realm of thinking

Novices tend to think more like experts when they __________

recognize their strengths and weaknesses as learners.

When you fail, you should __________

reflect and ask yourself why you failed and what you can do to improve and use it as an opportunity to figure out where you need to improve

When a painter is meta-painting, what is he doing?

reflecting on his work - for example knowing different techniques to produce different results in his painting such as using different brushstrokes managing his painting - making sure he utilizes the space on the canvas monitors progress - making sure what he is painting is what he is picturing in his mind

What is metacognition?

thinking about thinking --> reflecting on your own thinking process

when does metacognition occur

when you're monitoring and managing your learning