Terms Flashcards
Metacognition
- Thinking about what your thinking.
- awareness or analysis of one’s own learning
Memory
- The faculty by wich the mind stores and remembers info
Long-term memory
- the phase or type of memory responsible for the storage info for an extended period of time
Short-Term Memory
Memory that holds information for a short period of time
Working memory
the part of short-term memory that is concerned with immediate conscious perceptual and linguistic processing
think-aloud
express ones thoughts as soon as they occur
elaboration
process of developing or presenting a theory, policy, or system in further detail
deep processing
a more meaningful analysis of info and leads to better recall
shallow processing
way individuals process info according to levels of processing
self efficacy
beliefs and judgements we make about our own capabilities
short-term goal
a goal you want to do in the near future
long-term goal
a goal that will take you long to accomplish
enabling goal
a distinctive type of shorter term goal
like stepping stones that help us measure our progress toward reaching long term goals
SMART goal
S- specific M- Measurable A- achievable R- revelant T- time bound
chunking
dividing material into meaningful parts
