Psychology 2660A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Motivation, Confirmation Bias, Brainstorming
13 Sep 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Metacognition is thinking about thinking, monitoring, reflecting and. Metacognition higher order knowledge concerning your own thinking and: ability to monitor and regulate one"s own thinking reasoning, Knowledge about knowing and learning problem solving, comprehension, etc. analyzing your thinking process. Involves three types of knowledge: declarative: knowing what to do, procedural: knowing how to use strategies, self-regulatory: knowing the conditions (knowing when and why to, preparing the details to accomplish a task implement strategies to complete a task) Three essential skills when using metacognition: 1. Planning how can i accomplish this task: 2. Monitoring how am i doing: 3. Am i finished: real-time tracking and awareness of progress. Involves making judgments about the processes that are being used. Metacognitive knowledge and skills can be learned and improved: we want students to not only be creative and critical thinkers but also reflective of their own learning, developing metacognition can help a student learn better.
