Week 3 - Metacognition

Schemas help us to:

• Relate new things to our prior knowledge.

• Come up with a cunning plan.

• Sense when someone else has a cunning plan.

• Figure out which switch turns on the lights.

Which of these two processes allow adaptation (learning)?

A: Assimilation

B: Revolution

C: Accommodation

D: Examination

• A + B

• A + C

• B + D

• B + C

Disequilibrium is needed for us to learn.

• True

• False

Goals connect directly to:

• Encoding

• Attention

• Rehearsal

• Retrieval

This is an example of:

• Negative punishment

• positive reinforcement

• Negative reinforcement

• Positive punishment

Metacognitive knowledge that means we know how to go about completing a task is called...

• declarative

• procedural

• summative

• formative

Our executive function enables us:

• to have a party with the important people

• to sleep well

• to manage and control our own thinking

• To do well at school

Which of the following is an example of metacognitive regulation?

• Memorizing facts for a test

• Reading a book for leisure

• Listening to music while studying

• Planning how to approach a learning task

WHAT APPROACH TO LEARNING DOES THIS TEACHER HAVE?

Ms. Rodriguez believes in the power of fostering connections, nurturing individual growth, and instilling a sense of purpose in her students. Her classroom has clusters of tables and cozy reading nooks. Ms. Rodriguez's lessons encourage collaboration, dialogue, and creativity. She takes the time to get to know each of her students, fostering trust and respect, and empowering them to take risks in learning.

• Behaviourist

• Humanist

• Cogntivist

• Information processing

WHAT APPROACH TO TEACHING DOES THIS TEACHER HAVE?

Mr. Thompson believes in the power of clear expectations, and structured routines to promote academic success and positive actions. His classroom has desks in neat rows with colourful charts with classroom rules displayed. Mr. Thompson sets clear expectations in his classroom for punctuality, respect and completing work which he reinforces through reminders. He praises students who do the right thing. When students do not meet expectations, they are asked to stay in at lunch time to do classroom jobs.

• Behaviourist

• Humanist

• Constructivist

• Strict