METACOGNITION: What is it?

“Metacog­ni­tion is, sim­ply put, think­ing about one’s think­ing” (Chick, 2013) and is a core com­pe­ten­cy that all stu­dents should acquire to assist them with under­stand­ing how they learn, what is work­ing, and what may need to change.

When stu­dents demon­strate poor metacog­ni­tion, they are unaware of their strengths and chal­lenges in learn­ing and have lim­it­ed knowl­edge or abil­i­ty to know how to improve in this area. Alter­nate­ly, those stu­dents who demon­strate good metacog­ni­tion are aware of their chal­lenges in learn­ing but the dif­fer­ence here is that they know what they need to do to improve. This self-aware­ness is key to suc­cess in post-sec­ondary edu­ca­tion. Take a look at this video which explains the dif­fer­ent com­po­nents relat­ed to metacog­ni­tion for learn­ing.

 

 

 

Watch the fol­low­ing 1: 39 minute video to explore more about metacog­ni­tion.