Metacognition refers to “thinking about thinking”. It is your ability to control your thinking processes through various strategies, such as organizing, monitoring, and adapting. This slides explains about metacognition and how to adopt metacognition in classroom. Check the slides to know more.

1. Metacognition
Presented by
AbhishekNayan
B.Ed
Reading and Reflectionon Text
School of Education
Central Universityof Haryana

2. Meaning and concept
 “Thinking about thinking” or
“learning how to learn.”
Refers to higher order thinking which
involves active awareness and control
over the cognitive processes engaged in
learning.

3. Practices of metacognition
Knowing the limits of one’s own learning and
memory capacities.
Knowing what learning task one can
realistically accomplish within a certain
amount of time.
Knowing which learning strategies are
effective and which are not.
Planning an approach to learning task that is
likely to be successful.

4. Practices of metacognition
Using effective learning strategies to process and
learning new material.
Monitoring one’s own knowledge and comprehension.
Using effective strategies for retrieval of previously
stored information.
Knowledge is said to be metacognitive if it is keenly
used in a purposeful manner to ensure that a goal is
met.

5. Strategy
Plan/ Organize
Before beginning a task.
Set goals.
Plan the content
sequence
Choose strategies
Monitor
While working on as task
Check the comprehension.
Check the production.
Evaluate
After completing the task
Access how well you have
accomplished the task.
How well you have used
the learning strategies.
Identify changes to be
made next.

6. How metacognition can be implemented in
classroom?
• Use a Gradual Release Approach
• Integrate Self-Assessment
What they have already know (prior
knowledge)
What they don’t know (areas of
improvement)
What they want to master (their goals)
What they will do to improve (action plan)
• Practice Visualization
• helps improve executive functioning skills.
• Incorporate Project Management
• Allow Mistakes and Reward Risk-Taking

7. Recommended Instructional Strategies
• Teachers can incorporate into lesson plans.
• opportunities for learners to practice using these questions during
learning tasks
During the planning phase
Learners can ask,
 What am I supposed to
learn?
 What prior knowledge will
help me with this task?
During the monitoring phase
Learners can ask,
 How am I doing?
 Am I on the right track?
 How should I proceed?
During the evaluation phase
Learners can ask,
 How well did I do?
 What did I learn?
 Did I get the results I expected?

8. Benefits of metacognition
• Help students become aware of their strengths and
weaknesses.
• One is able to-
• Recognize the limit of one’s knowledge or ability
• Then figure out how to expand that knowledge or extend
the ability.
Those who know their strengths and weaknesses are able to-
 actively monitor their learning strategies and resources.
 assess their readiness for particular tasks and performances.

9. Benefits
• Changes the fixed versus growth mindset about
students’ ability to learn.
• Increased student ownership of learning and
students taking control over their own learning.
• More positive attitudes in relation to school and
learning.
• Improved performance not only academic but also
in relation to behavioral performance

10. Other benefits…
• Makes able to differentiate
between what’s right and
wrong
• Makes the person able to
see different perspectives
• Broadens horizon
of knowledge and
understanding.
• Builds personality and
self-evaluation and
self-regulation ability.

11. Conclusion
• Metacognition refers to higher order
thinking
• Process includes-
• Planning
• Monitoring
• Evaluation
•Broadens horizon of knowledge, builds
personality and widens perspective of
thinking.

12. References
• Nancy Chick. Metacognition. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-
pages/metacognition/#:~:text=Metacognition%20is%2C%20put%2
0simply%2C%20thinking,as%20a%20thinker%20and%20learner.
• John Spencer. Five Ways to Boost Metacognition In the
Classroom. https://spencerauthor.com/metacognition/
• WHAT IS METACOGNITION?
HTTPS://BLOG.INNERDRIVE.CO.UK/WHAT-IS-
METACOGNITION
• Metacognition. https://www.slideshare.net/
• Metacognition: Nurturing Self-Awareness in the Classroom.
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/8-pathways-metacognition-in-classroom-
marilyn-price-mitchell