Cognitive strategy instruction

Cognition is...

• a student’s ability to know what to do in order to complete a task.

• a student’s ability to monitor his/her performance, and be flexible to change plans when the task is not being successfully completed.

•   a student’s ability to plan, reason, select relevant information and monitor results

Metacognition is...

• a student’s ability to know what to do in order to complete a task.

• a student’s ability to monitor his/her performance, and be flexible to change plans when the task is not being successfully completed.

•      a student’s ability to plan, reason, select relevant information and monitor results

Generic CSI has

• 1 phase

• 2 phases

• 3 phases

• 4 phases

CSI is particularly useful with students with learning disabilities, although

other learners with special educational needs.

• True

• False

Select mnemonics of essay-writing strategy

• STOP and DARE

• W-W-W

  What =2

  How = 2

• IDEAL

Select mnemonics of the problem solving strategy

• W-W-W

  What = 2

  How = 2

• BECAUSE

• IDEAL

When using CSI with cognitively less able learners, the processes being taught need to be complicated and rarely reviewed.

• True

• False

CSI seems to work best with younger learners, so should be used selectively with older learners.

• True

• False

CSI should be taught in context and not as an isolated topic.

• True

• False