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Metacognition

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is metacognition?
a)
creating mental images in your mind
b)
thinking about your thinking
c)
wondering as you read
d)
thinking what the text might be about
2.
What does it mean to visualize?
a)
When you think about something that might be coming up in the text. 
b)
When you see, hear, feel, smell, and/or taste something in the text. 
c)
thinking about your thinking
d)
When something you read reminds you of something or someone you have seen, read about, or experienced. 
3.
What is predicting?
a)
When you see, hear, feel, smell, and/or taste something in the text. 
b)
When something you read reminds you of something or someone you have seen, read about, or experienced. 
c)
When you think about something that might be coming up in the text. 
d)
When you ask about something in the text. 
4.
What does it mean to make connections?
a)
thinking about your thinking
b)
When you think about something that might be coming up in the text. 
c)
When something you read reminds you of something or someone you have seen, read about, or experienced. 
d)
When you see, hear, feel, smell, and/or taste something in the text. 
5.
What does it mean to question the text?
a)
When you see, hear, feel, smell, and/or taste something in the text. 
b)
When something you read reminds you of something or someone you have seen, read about, or experienced. 
c)
When you ask about something in the text. 
d)
thinking about your thinking
6.
What is an example of visualizing?
a)
 think Daniel X is going to kill alien number 8 because he has a lot of powers. 
b)
I could just taste the ice cream sundae, dripping with chocolate syrup, cherry juice, and whipped cream. 
c)
I’m wondering if this book will have information about World Cup Soccer.
d)
I think Rodrick is going to beat up the main character. 
7.
What is an example of predicting?
a)
I could just taste the ice cream sundae, dripping with chocolate syrup, cherry juice, and whipped cream. 
b)
I think Rodrick is going to beat up the main character. 
c)
 think Daniel X is going to kill alien number 8 because he has a lot of powers. 
d)
I’m wondering if this book will have information about World Cup Soccer.
8.
What does making connections sound like?
a)
I could just taste the ice cream sundae, dripping with chocolate syrup, cherry juice, and whipped cream. 
b)
I think Rodrick is going to beat up the main character. 
c)
oday in my story, Meg and Aiden escaped from the reform school. 
d)
 think Daniel X is going to kill alien number 8 because he has a lot of powers. 
9.
Which is an example of questioning?
a)
I can smell the sickly garbage in the trash tube. It makes my stomach churn.
b)
I’m wondering if this book will have information about World Cup Soccer.
c)
 think Daniel X is going to kill alien number 8 because he has a lot of powers. 
d)
I could just taste the ice cream sundae, dripping with chocolate syrup, cherry juice, and whipped cream. 
10.

Thinking about how you think is called

a)

long term memory

b)

working memory

c)

Metacognition

11.

This stores pieces of information for you to use later such as tying your shoe.

a)

working memory

b)

long term memory

c)

self- awareness

12.

The metacognition cycle includes _________ strengths and weaknesses.

a)

evaluating

b)

reflecting on

c)

developing

13.

Using your working memory takes a lot of ____________.

a)

time

b)

memory

c)

work

14.

You are solving a difficult math problem. You are using your_____

a)

working memory

b)

long term memory

15.

What is an example of metacognition?

a)

Someone figuring out what their learning style is

b)

Someone remembers how to do their homework

c)

Planning how to get the most out of learning

d)

Self-assessment

16.

Why do we need to teach students about Metacognition?

a)

So they can know when to give up

b)

So they can be better people

c)

So they can be more effective learners

d)

We don't

17.

What is Metacognition?

a)

creating mental images in your mind

b)

thinking about your thinking

c)

wondering as you read

d)

thinking what the text might be about

18.

Select all answers that are correct

A simple example of a metacognitive skill is:

a)

Realizing you missed something

b)

Telling yourself you are terrible at this

c)

Tell yourself to concetrate

d)

Quitting

19.

What is awareness of your thinking?

a)

Mediocre

b)

Metacognition

c)

Denial

d)

Loudness

20.

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

a)

For-crying-out-loud

b)

reading

c)

think-aloud

d)

understand

21.

Choose the 3 further division metacognitive is divided by according to Flavell?

a)

Person variables

b)

Task variables

c)

Strategy variables

d)

Visual variables

22.

Why do we need to teach students about Metacognition?

a)

So they can know when to give upWe don't

b)

So they can be better people

c)

So they can be more effective learners

d)

We don't

23.
Which metacognitive habit is a student using when they know different methods to learn and try different ones when needed?
a)
Focus
b)
Goals
c)
Environment
d)
Strategies
24.

Choose the distinct phases that Fogarty suggested in the metacognition process?

a)

Reflect

b)

Plan

c)

Monitor

d)

Evaluate

e)

Conclusion

25.

In the planning phase what are some questions learners ask?

a)

What am I supposed to learn?

b)

What information is important to remember?

c)

Is there anything I don’t understand—any gaps in my knowledge?

d)

Should I adjust the pace because of the difficulty?

26.

In the evaluating phase what are some questions learners ask?

a)

Am I on the right track?

b)

What prior knowledge will help me with this task?

c)

What can I do if I do not understand?

d)

How might I apply this line of thinking to other problems?

27.

In the monitoring phase what are some questions learners ask?

a)

What should I look for in this reading?

b)

What can I do if I do not understand?

c)

Do I need to go back through the task to fill in any gaps in understanding?

d)

What should I do first?

28.
This means writing on the text. It is usually best to write down entire thoughts.
a)
Annotating
b)
Visualizing
c)
Making Connections
d)
Monitoring Understanding (metacognition)
29.

Text + Thinking = _______________

a)

Schema

b)

Real Reading

c)

Making Inferences

d)

Asking & Answering Questions

30.

Real readers use _______________ to think about their thinking while reading.

a)

Metacognition

b)

Schema

c)

Synthesizing

d)

Establishing Purpose

31.

A reader thinks about why they are reading a text before they start reading. What is the reader doing?

a)

Using background knowledge

b)

Making an inference

c)

Establishing a purpose for reading

d)

Asking and answering questions

32.

What is a prediction?

a)

The reader asks questions about what is happening in the text.

b)

A reader makes a guess about what will happen next.

c)

A reader thinking is changing and growing while reading.

d)

The reader makes an inference about the character's feelings.

33.

Readers can use sensory details from the text to ______________.

a)

Make predictions

b)

Make an inference

c)

Establish purpose for reading

d)

Create mental images

34.

Look at the statement below:


The character in the book reminds me of my little sister, because she always bothers me when my friends come over. The character in the book does this to her brother.


This is an example of:

a)

Establishing a purpose for reading

b)

Making an inference

c)

Making connections

d)

Synthesizing

35.

Schema + Details from the Text =

a)

Synthesizing

b)

Making inferences

c)

Making connections

d)

Creating mental images