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Good morning, everyone. I hope you’re all still attentive because the next topic that
we are going to discuss is quite helpful to us, students, especially during these times
of online classes.
So today, I will talk about two concepts, metacognition and self-regulated learning. Let
us first deal with metacognition.
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Metacognition. Came from the word “meta” which means beyond. If we will internalize
these definitions of metacognition presented before us, we can understand that by
just being aware, remember that, being conscious of our own thinking, we do
metacognition. When we know the extent of our knowledge, like for example, I am
aware that I can’t do complex math, that is metacogntion. You are aware of what you
can and what you can’t. Lastly, when we plan on how to approach a task, or when we
use apppropriate skills to solve a problem, we are doing metacognitive activities
because as what the definition says, metacognition are the strategies that one uses to
learn. Thus, when we do techniques to simplify our learnings, that is metacognition. I
hope it’s all clear to you.
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Just remember, metacognition is about our own awareness and strategies. Let’s
proceed to the next slide.
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Okay. John Flavell, an American developmental psychologist, proposed two
components of metacognition. First is the, metacognition knowledge.
So what is all about metacognition knowledge? (next slide)
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Metacognition knowledge is the knowledge of one’s cognitive abilities, tasks, and
strategies”… If you can notice, this definition is close to the definition of metacognition
in the previous slide. So… metacognition knowledge only implies your knowledge.
That’s it. Your understanding of the concept of cognition in general, as well as your
own cognition. Remember that. Metacognition knowledge is your knowledge about
your own cognition.
Now let’s proceed to the second component of cognition proposed by John Flavell,
the metacognition regulation.
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Metacognition regulation refers to how an individual monitors and controls his or her
cognitive processes... Okay so when we say how, of course we are talking about the
ways. Take note of that. The ways on how an individual monitors and controls his or
her cognitive processes.
Let’s take this as an example, a student do write reviewers for him to monitor and
control his cognitive processes. So what is his way there? Isn’t it his process of
making reviewers?… Thus, his metacognition regulation is his writing of reviewers.
Simple as that. Metacognition regulation is about the things you do to monitor and
control your cognitive processes.
For additional information, cognitive processes includes remembering, knowing, and
thinking.
Now that we’re done with metacognition, let’s now proceed to our discussion of the
second concept I will discuss for today… the self-regulated learning.
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Self-regulated learning or SRL is defined as the process in which students
systematically direct their thoughts, feelings, and actions, toward attaining their
academic goals.” What does this definition mean?… SRL is all about dedicating
yourself to your studies. It means knowing what to prioritize first and that is your
academics.
Actually, we can compare SRL to a man aiming to lose weight. How? A man
determined to lose weight will do everything, as in… everything, just so he could
achieve his aim. That will include restraining himself from eating unhealthy foods even
though they taste good. That goes the same with a self-regulated learner. He will
restrain himself from the temptations that might cause him to fail, starting from the
small ones like watching of movies and tv series instead of doing your school
requirements, up to the big ones like cutting classes and such. That is SRL.
Okay. We are done defining metacognition and self-regulated learning. It’s time now
to proceed to their benefits.
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So these *ppt* are the benefits of m and srl based on our module and I know that they
are too many. So to simplify it, the main point of these benefits and probably the main
benefit of m and srl is that they help students to excel academically. Remember that.
The benefit of m and srl is… they help students excel in their studies. That’s why I
hope you’re all still attentive because our lesson for today would really beneficial to all
of us.
So since metacognition and srl help us, students, to excel in our studies, it is only
important that we develop our metacognitive and self-regulated learning behaviors,
right? So how do we develop that? Next slide please.
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Okay, so Sutton Trust, an educational charity in the United Kingdom which aims to
improve social mobility and address educational disadvantage, gave four
metacognition and self-regulation methods that will help learners think on their own.
We will discuss these four methods one by one on the following slides.
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The first method on How to Develop Metacognitive and Self-regulated Learning Behaviors”
is setting your short term and long term academic goals. So how is this?
Guys, If you can still remember, in our managerial economics subject, we discussed
about the difference of objectives and goal...it was taught that Objectives are the
particular steps that you need to do to achieve a goal. In short, objectives are short
term goals while goals are long-terms. Okay?
Let us put it like this: as an accountancy student, your goal, your long term goal, is to
become a CPA. So how will you do that? You will set your objectives or your
short-term goals on how you will reach your long term goal. Your objectives can be, to
have this specific grade, to pass all your quizzes and exams, to be able to submit all
your requirements, and such. So that is all about short and long-term goals.
In that, we can see how important setting goals are. Because goals keeps you on tract,
gives you direction, something like that. If you set up academic goals, it gives you
more commitment, it prompts you, e. Goals will make you focused on your studies
because you have a target, a quota. And what happens when you are academically
focused? The chances of succeeding is higher and that is a fact. And like what
Socrates said in our previous lessons. I can still clearly remember that. a life without
purpose is a life not worth living. Next slide.
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The second one is about making a self help plan to achieve your academic goals. So
what about this?
The second method is all about our strategies to achieve our goals. So its connected
with the first one. What are these strategies? There are many actually. And it varies
from person to person. We all have our own ways to achieve our goals. For example,
my short term goal is to finish my assignment. What is an effective strategy to do it?
Maybe locking myself in my room so there would be no distractions? And then staying
from my phone because it’s my biggest distraction. Something like that. Making a self
help plan means The things you do to achieve your goal. Next slide.
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Number 3! Monitoring academic performance and progress. Monitoring. This only
means keeping track of your acads. Your grades!
Like in achieving goals, there are also many ways to monitor your performance. As for
me, I really write down my scores. Be it on quizzes, exams, or in assignments. So that
I know how I’m going. Because maybe I’m assuming that my grades are high when in
fact they weren’t. That may happen when you don’t keep track of your acitivities. Plus,
when you do monitor, you’d be able to know what to do next like study harder if you
saw that your grades aren’t that “pleasing enough”. And… remember this, monitoring
our grades is fine because whether we like it or not, they are not just numbers. As
college students, they will define our future and that. Is. A. Fact. Next slide.
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The last method for this is to reflect on what you have learned and accomplished. So
this is all just about reflecting… Reflecting on your actions can only result into two:
positivity and negativity. Positivity when your reflected actions were good and
negativity when your reflected actions were awful... Nevertheless, reflection helps us
to develop our strengths and weaknesses… So… if it’s important that we learn, it is
important too that we reflect.
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Moving on to our last topic for this lesson, here now are the conditions affecting
effective learning. There are actually many of them, too, but here are the three main:
Number one in the list is motivation. So how does this affect effective learning? When
you lack will to study and learn, chances are, you will perform poorly. So, motivation is
a must.
Next is mental set. The mindset. What about this?… Just like what they say, the mind
is the number one enemy of people because it gives so many negative ideas… so if
you have a negative mindset, better change now.
The last one is emotion. Let us put it like this: if one is emotionally unstable, chances
are, his/her retention will be poor and that is a threat to effective learning.
That’s all for metacognition and self-regulated learning. Thank you and have a nice
day ahead.