E2- Metacognition and Self-Regualtion Flashcards

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What is metacognition?

-example of metacognition

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thinking about thinking

  • It is a cognitive process not a Theory
  • being reflective
  • ability to reflect on one’s own performance

ex: when you have been daydreaming during reading and you stop and realize you have to reread

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metacognitive knowledge

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knowledge of our cognitive processes and other how to regulate those processes in order for learning to take place

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categories of metacognitive knowledge

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  • person knowledge
  • task knowledge
  • strategy knowledge
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metacognitive knowledge:

person knowledge

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  • understanding your own capabilities
  • strengths
  • weaknesses
  • personal accommodations

ex: I know that I have difficulty with word problems

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metacognitive knowledge:

task knowledge

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How we perceive the task in terms of difficulty and relevance
-changes as children age

ex: because word problems sometimes have a lot of information and I have to construct my own equation

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metacognitive knowledge:

strategy knowledge

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-awareness of the strategies that we can use to improve our learning as well as when and why to apply them

ex: so I will answer the computational problems first and save the word problems for last
- does it sound right?
- does it look right?
- look for smaller words inside of the big words

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Metacognitive Strategies:

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-purposeful act of attempting to control out cognitive processes to help us learn or accomplish our goals

  • planning
  • monitoring
  • evaluating
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Metacognitive Strategies:

Planning

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  • determine the goal

- how will you reach this goal

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Metacognitive Strategies:

Monitoring

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  • assessment in action
  • Self-questioning
  • Self-testing (ex: flashcards)
  • do I understand this and could I explain it to someone else?
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Metacognitive Strategies: Evaluating

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  • examine your outcomes

- feedback at this stage is important!!

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Self-Regulation vs Meta-Cognition

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SR: acting on your own motivations and thoughts, process that learners use to take ACTION, includes self-control
(ex: saying no to netflix to study for test)

MC: thinking about your own actions, motivations and thoughts

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Example of Self-Regulation with reading

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-When you’re reading and you’ve been daydreaming, you stop to realize you’ll have to reread

you ACTUALLY go bak and reread the tough sections to help understand them

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What do self-regulated learners do?

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  • set and achieve goals
  • planning
  • controlling action
  • using strategies
  • monitoring progress
  • self evaluate and reflect
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Zimmerman’s Model

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  1. Performance phase: self-control, self-observation
  2. Self-Reflection Phase: self-judgement, self-reaction
  3. Forethought phase: task analysis, self-motivation beliefs
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Mischels Marshmallow Task

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Executive control

-children who exhibited self-control in the experiment were shown to be more successful later in life

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Similarities of Metacognition and Self-Reflection

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-self-awareness and intention to act