Metacognition And Self-regulation Flashcards
Cognition
The mental process involved in knowing, understanding and learning
Metacognition
Learning to learn. How to evaluate and know your own learning
Self-regulation
Managing one’s motivation to learn, how they regulate their emotions to respond to each other and knowing what to do to support themselves (you must scaffold them, so they show autonomy in their learning)
What did John Flavell who introduced the term ‘mega cognition’ say about it?
He argued that children’s learning would be better supported if they consciously understood the process of learning
How can teachers demonstrate effective use of metacognitive and self-regulatory strategies?
By modelling their own thought processes
What is a key finding of metacognition and self-regulation strategies?
It enables pupils to take greater responsibility for their learning and develop their understanding of what is required to succeed.
Teaching the strategies to pupils that help plan, monitor and evaluate specific aspects of their learning has proven to be effective.
What are the metacognitive strands?
Metacognitive knowledge
Metacognitive regulation
Metacognitive motivation
Metacognitive Knowledge
Knowledge of themselves as a learner and what learner strategies they know
Knowledge of cognition and regulation of cognition
Metacognitive regulation
Learner’s ability to plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning whilst completing the task
-awareness of themselves, ability to make corrections and following the task
(I still need to work on this)
P😲ME😮💨
Inhale exhale
Metacognitive motivation
Extent to which the learner wants to perform a task-closely related to their interest and belief to succeed (self-delicacy)
How can you help students with their metacognitive motivation?
By giving them reassurance that it is natural to feel nervous or lack motivation, being aware of those feelings and how they can help themselves push through
How long can a child approximately pay attention for?
Age + 2 mins
E.g. for a 5yr old= 7 mins
What is included in controlled motivation? (3)
-Amotivation-No desire or engagement
-External regulation- reward and punishment
-Introjected regulation-doing it for the reaction they get from you
What is autonomous motivation
-Identified regulation (reflection on self)
-Integrated regulation (seeing connected reasons why they should do it)
-Intrinsic motivation (love for learning)
2 types of motivation
Controlled motivation
Autonomous motivation
