Metacognition 

is an awareness of one's own thought processes and an

understanding of the patterns behind them. The term comes from the root

word “meta”, meaning "beyond", or "on top of". Metacognition can take many

forms, such as reflecting on one's own ways of thinking and knowing when and

how to use particular strategies for problem-solving. There are generally two

components of metacognition: knowledge about cognition and regulation of

cognition (Wikipedia).

Metacognition is, put simply, thinking about one’s thinking.  More precisely, it

refers to the processes used to plan, monitor, and assess one’s understanding and

performance. Metacognition includes a critical awareness of a one’s thinking and

learning and oneself as a thinker and learner (Baker).

According to Flavell, it focused on children’s knowledge and control of their

memory processes.

Metamemory refers to our knowledge and awareness of our own memory

processes. Knowledge in this case means self-knowledge about our memory

processes (Schwartz, 2014).

Metamemory awareness refers to our feelings or experiences of our own memory.

For example, if a person feels certain that he or she will remember later something

just learned now, that person is having a metamemory experience. Metamemory

experience has been extensively studied by cognitive psychologists and will be the

focus of this discussion (Schwartz, 2014).

When a person asserts that he or she is good at remembering faces, but poor at

remembering names, that person is making a statement concerning metamemory

knowledge (Schwartz, 2014).

Self-Learning method is an individualized method of learning. The face-to-face teaching is

disappearing and distance mode of education is becoming popular. Self-learning modules are

designed where the learner is free to chose what to learn, how to learn, when to learn and where

to learn. This flexibility is an importance characteristic in open learning process. With the advent

of information technology for communication, the other modes of instructions are slowly

disappearing (Sequeira, 2021).

The learner is getting accustomed more and more to non-formal mode of education thereby

shifting the preference to self-learning methods. Even most of the print materials that come into

the market are meant for self-learning. The learner is at an advantage to use this form of non-
formal mode of education using self-paced learning materials. The teaching-learning-evaluation

all happens without face-to-face interaction (Sequeira, 2012).

SLM is developed and intended primarily for the use of learners outside the classroom setting

and when classes are disrupted that would limit face-to-face interaction between the learner and

the teacher,” (DepEd, 2021).

Covid-19 pandemicis defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area,

crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”. The classical

definition includes nothing about population immunity, virology or disease severity (World

Health Organization).

Cognition refers to "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding

through thought, experience, and the senses". It encompasses many aspects of intellectual

functions and processes such as: perception, attention, the formation

of knowledge, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and

"computation", problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production

of language. Cognitive processes use existing knowledge and discover new knowledge

(Wikipedia).
Cognition is a term referring to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and

comprehension. These cognitive processes include thinking, knowing, remembering, judging,

and problem-solving. These are higher-level functions of the brain and encompass language,

imagination, perception, and planning (Cherry, 2020).

Self-Regulation refers to the self-directive process through which learners transform their mental

abilities into task related skills. This is the method or procedure that learners use to manage and

organize their thoughts and convert them into skills used for learning (Zimmerman, 2001).

It is the ability to monitor and manage your energy states, emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in

ways that are acceptable and produce positive results such as well-being, loving relationships,

and learning. It is how we deal with stressors and as such, lays the foundation for all other

activity. Developing this ability requires self-awareness, emotional intelligence, efficient filtering

of sensory stimulation, coping effectively with stress, relating well to others, and sustaining

focus (YTS, 2020).

Metacognitive processes enable experts to monitor, control and regulate strategies in order to

meet contextually-contingent demands that they encounter during competitive performances

(MacIntyre, 2014).

Mental processes triggered by a learning situation, the strategies one’s mind needs to put to work

in order for one to learn/understand a given concept or situation. Being aware of our
own metacognitive processes is an advantage, for it makes learning and easier process (Torres,

2012).

The word mathematics comes from Ancient Greek máthēma (μάθημα), meaning "that which is

learnt," "what one gets to know," hence also "study" and "science". The word for "mathematics"

came to have the narrower and more technical meaning "mathematical study" even in Classical

times (Wikipedia).

Mathematics includes the study of such topics as quantity, structure, space, and change. It has no

generally accepted definition. Mathematicians seek and use patterns to formulate new

conjectures; they resolve the truth or falsity of such by mathematical proof (Wikipedia).

Mathematics is the science that deals with the logic of shape, quantity and arrangement. Math is

all around us, in everything we do. It is the building block for everything in our daily lives,

including mobile devices, architecture (ancient and modern), art, money, engineering, and even

sports. Since the beginning of recorded history, mathematic discovery has been at the forefront

of every civilized society, and in use in even the most primitive of cultures. The needs of math

arose based on the wants of society. The more complex a society, the more complex the

mathematical needs. Primitive tribes needed little more than the ability to count, but also relied

on math to calculate the position of the sun and the physics of hunting (Hom, 2013).