Metacognition and Learning Quiz

The research on Metacognition has produced four important findings.

• True

• False

Of the following, which one best defines the term "Metacognition?"

• The process of learning by repetition

• Understanding and managing how we learn and study

• A hand-off learning approach

• Recalling information

Group work is popular in schools, but if these activities aren't carefully structured to cognitively engage students and monitored carefully, they may be no more effective than a dry lecture. Group work and hands-on activities are necessarily "minds-on" activities.

• True

• False

Lectures place students in cognitively passive roles and teachers who predominantly lecture are perceived by students as more effective than those who interact with their students.

• True

• False

The learning experiences that follow reviews and help students reach standards and learning goals. Which following concept does this definition belong to?

• Learning activities

• Retrieval

• Metamemory

• Equitable distribution

In the following options, which one is NOT related to the term "Open-ended questions?"

• A variety of answers are acceptable

• Effective tools for students who are reluctant to answer

• A non-threatening invitation to participate

• Students are afraid of being judged by others when answering such subjective questions

At what age do more advanced metacognitive skills begin to appear?

• Early childhood

• Early adolescence

• Middle adulthood

• Late adulthood

The process of calling on all the students in a class as equally as possible, whether or not they have their hands raised. Which concept does this statement refer to?

• Cognitive load

• Automaticity

• Retrieval

• Equitable distribution

Mike interacted with his students by implementing all of the following strategies, EXCEPT

• Questioning students when reviewing lesson

• Calling students by name

• Prioritizing lectures to ensure students can learn quite a lot from his class

• Using open-ended questions to engage students with the lesson

Providing background knowledge and high-quality representations of content helps students form meaningful schemas.

• True

• False