Definition

Metacognitive knowledge: meta-conceptual, meta-procedural, meta-dispositional.

Knowledge about knowledge: Metacognition refers to the process of reflecting on and directing one’s thinking.

Why?

Helps learners become self-directed.

How to?

Do

• Encourage students to self-assess and self-reflect.

• Target metacognition as learning goals

• Make metacognition visible
  • e.g. organize knowledge using concept maps
  • make knowledge structure explicit to a novice (Ambrose et al., p. 43).

• Allow creative silence time for students to think and reflect.

Do NOT

• Leave no time for students to reflect.