Meta Cognition - PPT

1. META COGNITION
 Meta cognition refers to higher order thinking that involve
active control over the thinking processes involved in
learning.
 Activities such as planning how to approach a given
learning task, monitoring comprehension, and evaluating
progress towards the completion of a task are
metacognitive in nature.
 It plays a critical role in successful learning and it is
important for both students and teachers.
 Metacognition is often referred to as “thinking about
thinking” and can be used to help students “lean how to
learn”.

2. DEFINITION OF METACOGNITON
 Metacognition variously refers to the
study of memory-monitoring and
self regulation.
 “Metacognition is often simply
defined as ‘thinking about thinking’.
 Meta cognition is defined as
“cognition about cognition”, or
“knowing about knowing.

3. STUDENTS
 Encourage students to take a role in the
documentation, observation, and review of
learning; are a powerful tool for
improvement;
 Create a culture of professionalism about
learning.
 The chief benefits for students are their
actually performing effective learning
strategies and the opportunity for self-
assessment.

4. JAHITHA’S STRATEGY TO DEVELOP
METACOGNITION
PLANNING
 Self Determination
 Self Esteem
 Analysing strengths & Weakness
 Goal Setting
 Time Management

5. FOCUSSING ATTENTION
 Selective Attention
 Selective comparison
 Selective
 Decoding
 Selective Encoding

6. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
 Translation
 combination
 Comparison
 Elaboration
 Analysis

7. MEMORY PROCESS
 Retrieving Information
 Use of Mnemonics
 Controlling Memory
 Working memory

8. MONITORING
 Self Questioning
 Self talk
 Self Reporting
 Prospective Monitoring

9. EVALUATION
 Self Checking
 Error Detection
 Self Correction
 Self
 Review
 Debugging

10. CONCLUSION
Adequate knowledge and apt utilization of
Metacognition strategies will improve instruction of
teachers and learning of students.