An Overview: Metacognition in Education
نویسنده
چکیده
Metacognition refers to “thinking about thinking” or our ability to know what we know, what we don’t know and how to regulate as well as control such thinking. This article seeks to give an overview of some issues related to metacognition, a construct which received a considerable attention on the part of teaching theoreticians and researchers. It starts with a brief introduction of metacognition and then gives an account of its various definitions and components. The differences between cognition and metacognition are also mentioned. It concludes with some ideas and research findings on the teachability of this construct in different fields of study, especially language education.
منابع مشابه
Effectiveness of Mindfulness and Metacognition Education on Social Welfare and Life Expectancy of Nurses
Introduction: Nurses have a key role in providing health services, so promoting their social well-being and life expectancy is associated with improving in job performance. The present study was done with the aim of investigation the effectiveness of mindfulness and metacognition education on social welfare and life expectancy of nurses. Methods: in this quasi-experimental research with pretest...
متن کاملRunning Head: METACOGNITION IN EDUCATION Metacognition in Education: A Focus on Calibration
متن کامل
The Effect of Metacognition Education Program on Critical Thinking and Moral Judgment of Elementary Students
Introduction: Development and strengthening of students' intellectual and moral skills has always been one of the essential goals of educational systems in different countries, so the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of metacognition education program on critical thinking and moral judgment of elementary students. Methods: This quasi-experimental study was performed by prete...
متن کاملThe relationship between identity styles, self-efficacy and metacognition beliefs with educational success in female high-school students
Background and Objective: Different personality aspects including identity styles, self-efficacy, and cognitive abilities can play a certain role in successful learning result in high educational success. We assessed the value of identity styles, self-efficacy and metacognition beliefs for predicting the level of educational success in female high-school students. Methods: In a cross-s...
متن کاملThinking about thinking: changes in first-year medical students’ metacognition and its relation to performance
Background Studies have shown the importance of metacognition in medical education. Metacognitive skills consist of two dimensions: knowledge of metacognition and regulation of metacognition. Aim This study hypothesizes that the knowledge and regulation of metacognition is significantly different at the beginning and end of the academic year, and a correlation exists between the two dimensions ...
متن کامل