Definitions for "Metacognition"
Thinking about how to think; monitoring one's cognitive processes and making judgments about the effectiveness of such processes; invoking or modifying cognitive strategies so that they are appropriate to one's plans, tasks, or activities.
Thinking about thinking, or the ability to analyze one's own thinking process and to develop strategies for improving weak areas.
This term refers to students' knowledge and control of that knowledge during the cognitive process. Often, this term is simply defined as thinking about thinking.
The knowledge people have about the way they know their world, for example, recognizing the usefulness of a map in finding their way in a new city.
A general term for knowledge about knowledge, as in knowing that we do or don't remember something.
A general term for knowledge about knowledge, as in knowing that we do or do not remember something.
level: Comprehensive (3) [ order by level] The uniquely human activity of using our brains to study how our brains work and improve their functioning.
order by term] level: Comprehensive (3) The uniquely human activity of using our brains to study how our brains work and improve their functioning.