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