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metacognition

metacognition

1 8.9
Knowing and controlling how you think and learn
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛtəˈkɒnɪɡʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : metacognición
  • During the study session, she applied metacognition by reflecting on which strategies helped her understand the material best.
  • problem solving
  • metacognition and reflection
  • metacognition and engagement

I talk about metacognition and self regulation and epistemology and metacognition is, is knowing when you know.

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Examples

  • The curriculum provides opportunities for metacognition and student reflection on learning processes.

    Academic text (1995)
  • So he defines metacognition as the ability to assess our own skills, knowledge or learning.

  • Asking them to think about their own thinking became known as metacognition.

    Academic text (2008)
  • There may be an absence of metacognition or the ability to monitor mental and physical functioning.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Beatriz not only models metacognition by asking questions, but she also explains why she is asking the questions.

    Academic text (2013)
  • A third strategy for improving metacognition is to encourage self-talk during a difficult task.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Indeed, evidence exists that metacognition also affects variables such as knowledge base and problem solving.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Effective reflection, metacognition, and intrapersonal intelligence are also critical for the achievement of the global learning goal.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Self-regulation: controlling your approach to learning by using metacognition to determine such factors as readiness and speed.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The former encompasses the qualities, self-awareness, and metacognition needed to fully develop as an individual learner.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

self-examination
vsmetacognition
7 4.6

Careful thinking about your thoughts, feelings, and actions to understand yourself

focuses specifically on monitoring and controlling thinking and learning

How Aware

metacognition
  • Specialized
1 8.9
awareness
336 3.2
unawareness
2 5.4

Surface Forms

metacognition singular

Morphology

metacognition = cognition (semi-transparent) = meta + cognition

The meaning is largely compositional from 'meta-' plus 'cognition', but the term is academic and may not be fully accessible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Metacognition combines meta- meaning 'about' and cognition meaning 'knowing', like in the word recognize. So, metacognition literally means 'thinking about thinking', which is why it means being aware of and managing your own thinking and learning.