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_______ refers to one’s knowledge concerning one’s own cognitive processes or anything related to them, e.g., the learning-relevant
What is “Metacognition”
With respect to class session, the question “What are the goals of the class session going to be?” refers to what pillar of metacognitive learning?
What is “Planning"
True or False? A metacognitive lense towards one's field appears to automaticallye teaching transfer towards one’s teaching.
False
Slight alterations in these can help make students feel more comfortable sharing and displaying their confusion in a science classroom.
What are verbal directions?
The three pillars of metacognitive learning include ____, _____, and ______
What are “Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluating”
_____ refers to a forum in which students monitor their own thinking?
What are “Reflective Journals”
Name a method to build a biology classroom culture grounded in metacognition that instructors can apply.
Give students license to identify confusions within the classroom culture.
Incorporate reflection into credited course work.
Display the instructor’s own metacognitive thinking to the students.
This is “Thinking about how you think about teaching” .
What is a metacognitive stance on your own teaching?
Teachers can give ______, to assess the students knowledge of the curriculum before the teaching has begun.
What are “Pre-assessments”
“how you start, how you decide what to do first and then next, how you check your work, how you know when you are done” is one way _____ can model metacognition.
What are: “Instructors/Teachers/Professors” *Any of these are right
True or False? Integrating reflection into credited course work is a potential approach to increasing attention to metacognition in undergraduate classrooms?
True
Instructors can use these to explicitly evaluate if their students have changed their ideas about a topic or concept over time.
What are retrospective post-assessments?
Regular use of the ______ in classrooms, which requires only a few minutes, sets a tone that confusion is a part of learning and that articulating confusions is not done solely to inform the instructor, but also to inform students themselves.
What is the “Muddiest Point”
Pair discussion after a clicker question is an example of integrating metacognition into what?
What is “Course activities”
True or False? Metacognition is generally central, and included, in discussions and articles about active learning?
False
These skills indicate that one is a life-long learner within their discipline.
What are "knowing metacognitive strategies and knowing when to apply them?"
______ is defined by “meditation or serious thought about one's character, actions, and motives.”
What is “Self-reflection”
This psychologist is credited for the development of metacognition (1970s).
Who is “John Flavell”
Which of the following is not an aspect of Explicitly Teaching Students Metacognitive Strategies in Biology Courses?
Encouraging Students to Examine Their Current Thinking.
Integrating Reflection into Credited Course Work.
Giving Students Practice in Identifying Confusions.
2. Integrating Reflection into Credited Course Work.
Metacognition has been linked to improving this.
What is thinking skills/conceptual changes/overall academic success?