Metacognition
Metacognition
Knowing what you know
Knowing what you do not know
Think about thinking
Reflection: The Key to Metacognition
It is important to engage in the metacognitive process of reflection if you want to change and grow. Metacognition is thinking about thinking. It empowers you to know what you know and know what you don't know. Once you engage in this type of reflection about your own thinking, you can be deliberate and focused in your planning. The metacognitive process helps us move toward evaluating what we currently think and move beyond it.
When people engage in the metacognitive process, they are more apt to feel comfortable about moving beyond what they currently know or believe. It is an agent for deliberate and strategic change.
Strategies for Developing Metacognitive Behavior:
- Identifying "what you know" and "what you don't know."
- Talking and reflecting about the thinking process.
- Self-evaluation.
Topic 5
Metacognition