ESSENTIALS OF METACOGNITION AS LEARNING THEORY
AMANDA V. ESPINOZA
0etacognition is simply termed as ³ thinNing aEout your oZn thinNing´ ,ts root Zord µmeta¶ means ³Eeyond´ and it is simply saying ³ Eeyond thinNing´ 7his idea Zas giYen Ey -ohn + )laYell in , an $merican 'eYelopmental 3sychlologist 0etacognition inYolYes the processes oI preparation, tracing, and eYaluating your oZn understanding or perIormance ,t reIers to higher order thinNing Zhich encompasses dynamic alertness and control oYer the cognitiYe processes inYolYed in learning
$ccording to the proponent oI this theory, metacognition has tZo elements the NnoZledge oI cognition and the regulation oI cognition 7he metacognitiYe NnoZledge reIers to the understanding oI one¶s oZn capaEilities 7his type oI metacognition is not alZays precise Eecause the precision oI NnoZledge does not only depend on the personal assessment oI an indiYidual alone, meaning results to that eIIect can easily Ee undependaEle ,t reIers also to Zhat more an indiYidual still needs to NnoZ ,t inYolYes on hoZ the person perceiYes the tasN and hoZ conIident he is Zhen he perIorms it ,n doing so, an indiYidual must possess the aEility to employ strategies so he could graE more ideas and Ee added to his EucNet oI inIormation 7he strategy NnoZledge teaches the indiYidual on hoZ to Ee adaptiYe to any neZ situations 7his relates Zhen to use the acTuired NnoZledge Eased on the diIIerent encounters oI the indiYidual in his liIe
2n one hand, metacognitiYe regulation is employed to illustrate hoZ person monitors and assesses his oZn NnoZledge 7his comprises in Eecoming sensitiYe on hoZ and Zhen to use certain sNills, and supports persons to regulate their learning 7his means that an indiYidual has already the idea to perIorm his tasN hoZeYer, he still considers other strategies on hoZ he could maNe it Eetter
,t is simply saying that a learner Zith metacognition can perIorm things eYen Eetter Ey pushing his limits and proYe himselI that he is capaEle oI doing more
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7he author is 0aster 7eacher , at 6to 'omingo (lementary 6chool /uEao 1orth 'istrict