Republic of the Philippine
ZAMBOANGA STATE COLLEGE OF MARINE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY
Fort Pilar, Zamboanga City
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COLLEGE of EDUCATION and LIBERAL ARTS
Professional Education 3 – Facilitating Learner-Centered Teaching
Prepared by: Chloe Fe C. Maturan, Ed.D.
Course Facilitator
Midterm Coverage
Assignment 1 - Concepts under Metacognition (18+2 = 20 points)
Name:
Patra S. Kastiri
Date: 10/08/20
Program/Yr/Section: BTLEd AFA 2C
A. Define the following terminologies under METACOGNITION: (6 x 2 = 12 pts).
1) Cognition - Cognition is a term referring to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension.
These cognitive processes include thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving. These are higherlevel functions of the brain and encompass language, imagination, perception, and planning.
2) Metacognition - Metacognition is the ability to think about and regulate one’s own thoughts. A simplified definition
of metacognition is “thinking about thinking”, but metacognition also encompasses the regulation of these thoughts
– the ability to change them. It is a step further than simple awareness of thought processes, incorporating the ability
to alter thoughts and behaviours.
3) Meta-attention -awareness of the factors that influence one’s attention.
4) Meta-memory -Metamemory is knowledge and awareness of your own memory, including the contents and
processes of your memory. What do you remember and how confident are you in the accuracy of your memories?
5) Metacognitive Experience- metacognitive experience as a “conscious experience” that concerned “self, task, goals,
and strategies” .According to the author, metacognitive experiences were “items of metacognitive knowledge that
has entered consciousness” .
6) Metacognitive Knowledge - described metacognitive knowledge as “beliefs about what factors or variables act and
interact in what way to affect the course and outcome of cognitive enterprises” .Moreover, he attributed
metacognitive knowledge to prompting individuals to “select, evaluate, revise, and abandon cognitive tasks” .
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B. Cite the three (3) Categories of Metacognitive knowledge according John Flavell and give a short definition.
(3 x 2 = 6 pts).
1.) Knowledge of Person variables-refers to general knowledge about how human beings learn and process
information, as well as individual’s knowledge of one’s own learning processes.
2.) Knowledge of Task variables-include knowledge about the nature of the task as well as the type of processing
demands that it will place upon the individual.
3.) Knowledge of Strategy variables-include knowledge about both cognitive and metacognitive strategies, as well
as conditional knowledge about when and where it is appropriate to use such strategies.