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Finals Lesson 1

The document focuses on metacognition, which is the awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes, and emphasizes its importance in learning. It outlines various metacognitive techniques and strategies, such as self-appraisal, self-management, skimming, and rehearsing, to enhance learning effectiveness. Additionally, it categorizes learners into four types based on their metacognitive awareness and provides tips for effective studying.

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Finals Lesson 1

The document focuses on metacognition, which is the awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes, and emphasizes its importance in learning. It outlines various metacognitive techniques and strategies, such as self-appraisal, self-management, skimming, and rehearsing, to enhance learning effectiveness. Additionally, it categorizes learners into four types based on their metacognitive awareness and provides tips for effective studying.

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Caring for the


SELF
LEARNING TO BE
A BETTER LEARNER
LESSON ONE
Lesson Objectives
At the end of this Lesson, you should be able to:
1. Explain how learning occurs;
2. Enumerate various metacognition and
studying techniques; and
3. Identify the metacognitive techniques that you
find most appropriate for yourself
“If you teach a person what to learn,
you are preparing that person for the
past. If you teach a person how to
learn, you are preparing that person
for the future”

- Cyril Houle
Homo Sapiens
- Or the wise man
- More complex level than our ancestors and
most, if not all., of the other beings but being
called wise
– Not only do we think , but we are also capable to think
about thinking, like how we think things and why we think
in a certain way about things.
– Its like your brain think about itself, then thinks about how
it thinks about itself
– This idea falls under the concept of Metacognition
WHAT IS META-
COGNITION?
Metacognition
– Thinking about thinking
– Awareness of the scope and limitation of your current
knowledge and skills.
– Enables the person to adapt their existing knowledge and
skills to approach a learning task, seeking for the
optimum result of the learning experience
Metacognition
– Not limited to the thinking process of the individual. It is
also includes keeping ones emotions and motivations
while learning in check.
2 Aspects of Metacognition
– Self Appraisal
– Personal reflection on your knowledge and capabilities.
– Self Management
– Mental process you employ using what you have in
planning and adapting to successfully learn or accomplish a
certain task.
Elements of Metacognition
a. Metacognition Knowledge
– What you think about how you think
There are several variables that affect how you know or
assess yourself as a thinker under metacognition
knowledge
First is the personal variables
– Which is your evaluation of your strength and weaknesses in
learning.
a. Metacognition Knowledge
– Second is the task variable, which what you know or
what you think about the nature of the task, as well as what
strategies the task requires.

– Lastly, strategy variable refers to what strategies or skills


you already have in dealing with certain tasks
b. Metacognition Regulation
- How you adjust your thinking process to help you learn
better
Exercising your
Metacognition
Knowing your Limits
– You cannot really make any significance in advancement
in using metacognitive skills without having an honest
and accurate evaluation of what you know and what you
do knot know.
Modifying your approach
– Recognize that your strategy is not appropriate with task,
modify your strategy.
Skimming
– Browsing over a
material and keeping an
eye on keywords,
phrases, or sentences.
– It is also about knowing
where to search for such
key terms.
Rehearsing
– This is not just about repeatedly talking, writing, and/or
doing what you have learned, but also trying to make a
personal interpretation or summary of the learning
experiences.
Self Test
– Test your comprehension of your learning experience or
the skills you have acquired during the learning.
Other strategies
– Asking questions about your methods
– Self reflection
– Finding mentor or support group if necessary
– Thinking out loud
– Welcoming errors
– When you commit mistakes, you do not dismiss it as insignificant
or you do not try to avoid responsibility of the results. YOU MUST
PROCESS THEM TO LEARN EVERY LESSON THAT YOU
CAN TAKE.
Four Types of
Metacognition Learners
Tacit Learners
– Unaware of their metacognitive processes although they
know the extent of their knowledge.
– Some examples of daily activities and tacit
knowledge are: riding a bike, playing the piano, driving a
car, hitting a nail with a hammer. and putting together
pieces of a complex jigsaw puzzle, interpreting a complex
statistical equation (Chugh, 2015).
Aware Learners
– They know some of their metacognitive strategies but
they do not plan on how to use these techniques.
Strategic Learners
– They strategize and plan their course of action toward a
learning experience.
Reflective Learners
– They reflect on their thinking while they are using the
strategies and adapt metacognitive skills depending on
their situation.
Benefits of Metacognitive
Techniques and Strategies
Benefits
– To be a self-regulated learner
– Compensation and development of cognitive limitation
of the learner.
Tips you can use in
Studying
Tips
– Make an outline of the things you want to learn, the
things you are reading or doing, and/or the things you
remember.
– Break down the task in smaller and more manageable
details.
Tips
– Integrate variation in your schedule and learning
experiences.
– Include physical activities in your planning.
– Try to incubate your ideas.
Tips
– Revise, summarize and take down notes, them reread
them to help you minimize cramming in the last minute.
– Engage what you have learned.

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