Metacognition test 1

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What is not considered to be metacognition?

• Thinking about thinking

• Going beyond thinking

• Being told what to think

• Asking questions while you think

Metacognition helps students to __________

• understand the process of learning

• understand the course content

• understand the teacher's accent

• understand how teaching works

You have presented a new task. You want the learner 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?

• What did you do for homework last week?

Why do we need to teach students about Metacognition?

• So they can know when to give up if they don't understand

• So they can be better people

• So they can be more effective learners

• So that they know when to scaffold their learning

Which metacognitive habit is a student using when they know different methods to learn and try different ones when needed?

• Focus

• Goals

• Environment

• Strategies

Which of these actions would be considered to be examples of metacognition? (may be more than 1 answer)

• Mentally rehearsing before an important speech.

• Solving a math equation by plugging numbers into an equation

• Developing a mental plan for action before embarking on a task.

• Changing strategies when you notice that a plan is not working.

You can make adjustments to the strategies you are using.

• True

• False

Metacognition is to understand your own __________.

• cognitive skills

• bad habits

• think-alouds

• scaffolding

Select all answers that are correct

A simple example of a metacognitive skill is:

• Realizing you missed something

• Telling yourself you are terrible at this

• Tell yourself to concetrate

• Giving up if you don't understand