Metacognition

Question 1

Define Metacognition

Answer 1

Thinking about (your own) thinking - Flavel (1979)

Question 2

Lawson’s (1984) 2 dimensions of metacognition

Answer 2

1. Knowledge = what we know about our cognition
2. Regulation = how we control our cognition

Question 3

Define declarative, procedural and conditional knowledge

Answer 3

Knowledge about one’s self as a learner, knowledge about how to perform a procedure and knowledge of when and why to use strategies

Question 4

Define planning, monitoring and evaluating (in terms of regulation of cognition)

Answer 4

Select strategies and goal-setting, keeping track of understanding, performance and self-testing, assessing final result of one’s learning e.g. test score

Question 5

Cognitive vs metacognitive strategies

Answer 5

Cognitive strategies = mind maps, rehearsal, cover and check, past papers
Metacognitive strategies = looking at feedback/ performance on past papers to work out which answers you got wrong and why, reflection

Question 6

Schraw and Dennison

Answer 6

Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) true or false questionnaire