Lesson 17:

THE META
COGNITIVE
PROCESS
Cognition
- It is a way of thinking;
- a process through which we acquire
knowledge and skills.
Metacognition
- refers to the learners’ understanding
and control of their cognitive process.
 Metacognitive Knowledge

Explicit M.K. Implicit M.K.

It refers to the The ability to
conscious factual monitor one’s own
knowledge. cognitive activities
ESSENTIAL SKILLS OF METACOGNITION

Planning is a form of decision making.

Monitoring means to have a special duty to

be responsible.

Evaluating is developing a sound judgement

about the process and outcomes of thinking.
STEPS IN METACOGNITIVE SKILLS

Identifying the
problem

Diagnosis Selection Monitoring Evaluation

Act of examining
Track of what we or judging
Use specific do and how well
strategies we are doing it
Metacognitive Experiences
- things that happen to us that refer
to our understanding and knowledge
of our own cognitive processes.
Metamemory
- refers to the knowledge we have
about memory works.
STRATEGIES IN METACOGNITION
Rehearsal is an important tool used in order
to remember a long list of items or objects
which need our attention and memory.
Two types:
• Maintenance refers to low-level repetitive
kind of information practice
• Elaborative is extending the knowledge
about the information by giving examples
or illustrations. PANUCROS
Clustering is another in which we tend to
put some items or things to remember ino
meaningful organization.
Elaboration occurs when we enrich new
information by adding extra information from
our own schema.
Two categories: Verbal E. and Image E.
Systematic searching is the information is
processed from shallow to deep process
Two ways: Semantic and Association
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