What is metacognition?

What is metacognition?

and why should we teach it to our students?

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What is metacognition?

• Thinking about lunch

• Thinking about how to learn

• Thinking about what to learn

• Thinking about lessons

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Metagnition helps students to...

• understand the process of learning

• understand the learning intentions

• understand the course content

• understand Mr. Mike's Welsh accent

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Students with good metacognitive abilities can...

• work independently

• reflect on their learning

• Identify their own strengths and weaknesses

• Set their own learning goals

• Plan how they will achieve their goals

Strategies

• Model 'thinking aloud'

• KWL organisers

• Allow time for planning

• Allow students to choose how they will achieve the task

• Reflective diary or journaling

• GROW conversations

Multiple Choice

You have presented a new task. You want them to assess it. What would be the best question to ask?

• What did we do last week?

• what skills did you use in the task last week that you can re-use in this task?

• How is this task similar to the task we did last week?

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You want them to evaluate their strengths. What would be the best question to ask?

• What are your strengths?

• What are you good at?

• When have you met a similar problem? What helped you solve it?

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You want them to evaluate weaknesses. What would be the best question to ask?

• What are your weaknesses?

• What challenges might you face and how will you overcome them?

• Which topic are you least confident with?

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You want them to plan their next steps. What would be the best question to ask?

• How many possible ways could you do this? Which one will work best for you... why?

• What are you going to do?

• Are you a visual or kinesthetic learner?

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You are going through the answers to a test. What would be the best question to ask?

• what questions did you get wrong?

• What was the correct answer

• What steps did you take to get to that answer? Which one led you down the wrong path?

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You want them to reflect on their learning. What would be the best question to ask?

• What activity was most helpful to you today and why?

• What did you learn today?

• Have you met the learning intention?