Packet Six: LTM and Learning

Question 1

what is Metacognition?

Answer 1

having awareness (monitoring) and regulation (control) of your learning

Question 2

what does it mean to have awareness of your learning, or to monitor your learning?

Answer 2

monitoring is assessing how well you understand and can use the information you are taking in or studying

Question 3

is metacognition a teachable skill?

Answer 3

yes!

Question 4

how can we monitor our learning?

Answer 4

first, you must establish a learning goal
-then you must ask yourself questions to see how your current knowledge of the information relates to your learning goal

Question 5

what kind of questions can you ask yourself to monitor your knowledge against your learning goal?

Answer 5

-can i answer/explain this?
-can i make my own example or say this in my own words?
-can i make connections, apply it to other contexts, or summarize

Question 6

how can you monitor while taking an exam?

Answer 6

-how fast is the information coming to mind?
how much information is coming to mind?