HYRONS COLLEGE PHILIPPINES Inc.

Sto. Niño, Tukuran, Zamboanga Del Sur

SEC. No.: CN200931518

Tel. No.: 945 – 0158
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BACHELOR OF ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

PRELIM
MODULE1
FACILITATING HUMAN LEARNING
Module Course Code Educ 8
Module Name Facilitating Human Learning
Semester taught 1st Semester
Module Coordinator Virginia M. Sarcos

On successful completion of this module,

students should be able to :

LO1. Planning and preparing for

individual learning and development

LO2 Facilitating individual learning and

Module Learning Objectives and Competences development using a range of methods

LO3. Helping the learner to reflect on

their learning experience To achieve this
Unit they are required to facilitate learning
of every learner.

In this module you can learn about

FACILITATING HUMAN LEARNING
Understanding Learning and Knowledge
Acquisition
This module discuss about
metacognition which refers to higher
Module Content order thinking involves active
awareness and control over the
cognitive processes of the learner. It
 also explain the metacognitive of
knowledge it refers to acquired
knowledge about cognitive .process,
knowledge that can be used to
control cognitive process.

LESSON 1
METACOGNITION

What is metacognition?
The term “metacogniton” was coined by John Flavell. According to Flavell (1979,1987),
metacognition consists of both metacognitve knowledge and metacognitive experiences or
regulation. Metacognition,simply put, is “thinking about thinking” or “ learning how to learn”. It
refers to highter order thinking which involves active awareness and control over the cognitive
process engaged in learning. Metacognitive knowledge refers to acquired knowledge about
cognitive processes, knowledge that can be used to control cognitive processes. Flavell further
divides metacognitive knowledge into three ategories: knowledge of person variables, task variables
and strategy variables.
 Person Variables- this includes how one views himself as a learner and thinker
 Task variables - includes knowledge about the nature of the task as well as type of processing
demands that it will place upon the individual .
 Strategy variables- involves awareness of the strategy you are using to learn a topic and evaluating
whether this strategy is effective.
 Meta-attention- is the awareness of specific strategies so that you can keep your attention focused on
the topic or task at hand.
 Meta-memory- is your awareness of memory strategies that work best for you.

Novice and Expert Learners

Aspect of Learning Novice Learners Expert Learners

Knowledge in different subject
areas
Problem Solving
Learning/thinking Strategies
Selectivity in Processing
Have limited knowledge in the
different subject areas
Satisfied at just scratching the
surface; hurriedly gives a
solution to the problem
Employ a rigid strategies that
may not be appropriate to the
task at hand
Attempt to process all
information they receive
Have deeper knowledge in
different subject areas because
they look for interrelationships in
the things they learn
First try to understand the
problem, look for boundaries ,
and create a mental picture of the
problem
Design new strategies that would
appropriate to the task at hand
Select important information to
process; able to breakdown

Production of output Do not examine the quality of
their work, nor stop to make
revisions
information to manageable
chunks
Check their errors and redirect
their efforts to maintain quality
output.

ACTIVITY 1
A. Explain the following statements.
1. Explain meta-cognition.
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2. Describe what you can do to advocate meta-cognitive strategies to facilitate learning.

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3. Based on the principles of metacognition, prepare your own metacognitive game plan on
how you can apply metacognition to improve your study skills.
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Write a reflection paper about this lesson.
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