metacognitive
Aware of awareness
Metacognitive describes thinking about one's own thinking—the awareness and analysis of how you learn, reason, or solve problems.
A metacognitive approach to studying involves monitoring what strategies work and adjusting accordingly.
Metacognitive skills help students recognize when they don't understand something.
The term appears frequently in education and psychology.
Managing one's own behavior
- planningArranging for future events
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
- controlAuthority to direct
strategy · adjustment · goal-setting · problem-solving · executive function · self-correction · calibration · allocation
Insight into one's psyche
- self-reflectionExamining one's own mind
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- self-monitoringTracking your own states
- self-knowledgeUnderstanding of oneself
mindfulness · consciousness · self-observation · self-examination · self-assessment · self-perception · inner awareness · self-scrutiny
Methods for effective learning
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- summarizingCondensing to main points
- note-takingRecording information while listening
- retrieval practiceStudying through self-testing
spaced repetition · self-questioning · academic success · test preparation · reading comprehension · transfer · scaffolding · feedback
self-regulation
Managing one's own behavior
- planningArranging for future events
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- evaluationDetermining worth or quality
control · strategy · adjustment · goal-setting · problem-solving · executive function · self-correction · calibration · allocation · debugging
self-awareness
Insight into one's psyche
- self-reflectionExamining one's own mind
- introspectionObserving one's own mind
- self-monitoringTracking your own states
self-knowledge · mindfulness · consciousness · self-observation · self-examination · self-assessment · self-perception · inner awareness · self-scrutiny · self-understanding
study strategies
Methods for effective learning
- elaborationDevelopment through detail
- summarizingCondensing to main points
- note-takingRecording information while listening
retrieval practice · spaced repetition · self-questioning · academic success · test preparation · reading comprehension · transfer · scaffolding · feedback · error detection
metacognitiveunconscious
Not awake or aware
automatic · unreflective · unaware · non-reflective · instinctive
metacognitivefirst-order
Simplest logical level
non-reflective · cognitive · ground-level · primary · basic