Metacognition Ability
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A Metacognition Ability is the Intellectual Ability to think about and to control a Thinking Process.
- AKA: Meta-Cognitive Skill.
- See: Cognition, Metamemory, Mnemonic, Evolutionary Psychology, Self-Assessment.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/metacognition Retrieved:2015-3-11.
- Metacognition is defined as “cognition about cognition", or "knowing about knowing". It comes from the root word "meta", meaning beyond.[1] It can take many forms; it includes knowledge about when and how to use particular strategies for learning or for problem solving. There are generally two components of metacognition: knowledge about cognition, and regulation of cognition.[2]
Metamemory, defined as knowing about memory and mnemonic strategies, is an especially important form of metacognition.[3] Differences in metacognitive processing across cultures have not been widely studied, but could provide better outcomes in cross-cultural learning between teachers and students.[4]
Some evolutionary psychologists hypothesize that metacognition is used as a survival tool, which would make metacognition the same across cultures. Writings on metacognition can be traced back at least as far as Perì Psūchês; and the Parva Naturalia of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. [5]
- Metacognition is defined as “cognition about cognition", or "knowing about knowing". It comes from the root word "meta", meaning beyond.[1] It can take many forms; it includes knowledge about when and how to use particular strategies for learning or for problem solving. There are generally two components of metacognition: knowledge about cognition, and regulation of cognition.[2]
- ↑ Metcalfe, J., & Shimamura, A. P. (1994). Metacognition: knowing about knowing. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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- ↑ Wright, Frederick. APERA Conference 2008. 14 Apr. 2009. http://www.apera08.nie.edu.sg/proceedings/4.24.pdf..>
- ↑ Oxford Psychology Dictionary ;metacognition
2009
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/metacognition
- 1. (philosophy) the act of thinking about thinking; sentience
1999
- (Kruger & Dunning, 1999) ⇒ Justin Kruger, and David Dunning. (1999). “Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-assessments..” In: Journal of personality and social psychology, 77(6). doi:10.1037/0022-3514.77.6.1121
1998
- (Sternberg, 1998) ⇒ Robert J. Sternberg. (1998). “Metacognition, Abilities, and Developing Expertise: What makes an expert student?" In: Journal Instructional Science, 26(1-2). doi:10.1023/A:1003096215103
- ABSTRACT: The main argument of this article is that metacognition is an important part of human abilities, which are, in turn, forms of developing expertise. To the extent that our goal is to understand the bases of individual differences in student academic success, we need to understand metacognition as representing part of the abilities that lead to student expertise, but only as part.