Metacognition

What is Metacognition?

• creating mental images in your mind

• thinking about your thinking

• wondering as you read

• thinking what the text might be about

What is an example of metacognition?

• Someone figuring out what their learning style is

• Someone remembers how to do their homework

• Planning how to get the most out of learning

• Self-assessment

Why do we need to teach students about Metacognition?

• So they can know when to give up

• So they can be better people

• So they can be more effective learners

• We don't

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A simple example of a metacognitive skill is:

• Realizing you missed something

• Telling yourself you are terrible at this

• Tell yourself to concetrate

• Quitting

What is awareness of your thinking?

• Mediocre

• Metacognition

• Denial

• Loudness

What is the reading strategy for verbalizing what we are thinking as we read?

• For-crying-out-loud

• reading

• think-aloud

• understand