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Ed Psych Mod 12
Metacognition
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
10/08/2009

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Evaluation
Definition
An executive process in cognition allowing individuals to appraise the outcomes of the cognitive strategies used; the process of making subjective judgments about a student's performance or product; the subjective interpretation of a measurement or test score
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Metacognition
Definition
Thinking about thinking; thinking about one's own and others' knowledge such as skills, memory capabilities, and the ability to monitor learning
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Metacognitive Knowledge
Definition
Knowledge about our own cognitive processes, and out understanding of how to regulate thos processes to maximize learning
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Metacognitive Regulation
Definition
The purposeful act of attempting to control one's own cognitions, beliefs, emotions, and values
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Monitoring
Definition
Checking how well your plan is working through self-testing and revising or rescheduling cognitive strategies
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Strategy Knowledge
Definition
Knowledge about which strategies are available to aid in learning information and under what conditions or when is best to use a particular strategy
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Task Knowledge
Definition
Knowledge about the difficulty or ease of a task
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