Pamantasan ng Cabuyao

College of Education, Arts, and Sciences

Katapatan Homes Subd., Brgy. Banay-Banay, City of Cabuyao

STS 101: Science, Technology, and Society

Prelim – Special Homework #1

Metacognitive Reading Report

Name: Course and Section Date Submitted:

Instructions: Read Lewis Wolpert’s The Medawar Lecture 1998 Is Science

Dangerous? (https://www.ncbi.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1569503.) Then complete the
metacognitive reading report below.

1. Difficult Concepts
a.
b.
c.

2. Learning Insights
a. Before reading the article, I thought that

However, after reading the article, I know think/learned that

b. Before reading the article, I thought that

However, after reading the article, I now think/learned that

c. Before reading the article, I thought that

However, after reading the article, I now think/learned that

3. Discussion Questions
a.
b.
c.
 Pamantasan ng Cabuyao
College of Education, Arts, and Sciences
Katapatan Homes Subd., Brgy. Banay-Banay, City of Cabuyao

1. What is your invention? What does it do?

2. How is your invention similar to or different from existing tools or technologies in

terms of function?

3. Why is there a need for an invention? How will this invention make the world a better
place to live in.