Speculation About the Nature and Development of Metacognition

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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
Review of the article by John H. Flavell Ulises
A. Mejias
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

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conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

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conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

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person variables
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

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intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
universal
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

• I didnt get that!
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• Ask a question
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intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
universal
information type
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type
strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

• I didnt get that!
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• Ask a question
• Etc

intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
universal
information type
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

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intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
Does it relate to psychological concepts like
executive processes, formal operations,
consciousness, social cognition, self-efficacy,
self-regulation, reflective self-awareness, and
psychological self/subject? How?
information type
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences

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• How does metacognition develop?
• What is inherent or acquired early in life, and
  what is developed later (and when)?
• For example
• Capacity to plan ahead
• Increase in cognitive readiness
• Development of self
• Ability to create conscious representations of
  past, present and future

intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
information type
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
! development
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
! practice

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intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
Does metacognition improve with practice?
information type
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
! development
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
! practice

• I didnt get that!
• Read it again
• Slow down
• Ask a question
• Etc

! social
intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
information type
Is metacognition social? Can parents model
metacognitive activity? How do teachers and
schools model metacognition? Are there different
cultural metacognitive practices?
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
! development
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
! practice

• I didnt get that!
• Read it again
• Slow down
• Ask a question
• Etc

! social
intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
information type
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
What is the role of reading, writing, speaking,
listening, and/or watching?
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
! literacy orality
! development
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
! practice

• I didnt get that!
• Read it again
• Slow down
• Ask a question
• Etc

! social
intraindividual
What combinations work for different situations
and different individuals?
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
information type
! Interaction btw variables
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
! literacy orality
! development
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
! practice

• I didnt get that!
• Read it again
• Slow down
• Ask a question
• Etc

! social
intraindividual
What is the particular usefulness and
adaptiveness of metacognition? How and why did
it evolve? What kind of organisms can apply
it? Can we create detailed process models? When
are we most likely to have metacognitive
experiences?
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
information type
! Interaction btw variables
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
! literacy orality
! development
! Meta questions
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition
domain of metacognition
Metacognitive Knowledge
Metacognitive Experiences
! practice

• I didnt get that!
• Read it again
• Slow down
• Ask a question
• Etc

! social
intraindividual
person variables
interindividual
! psychology
universal
information type
! Interaction btw variables
conscious experiences that are cognitive and
affective
task variables
process type
demands type

• repetition
• monitoring
• ?

strategy variables
Metacognition study of how we interpret and
respond to these experiences.
! literacy orality
! development
! Meta questions
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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition

• Implications
• Do our questions map to the taxonomy? Should
  they?
• Does the taxonomy need expansion/revision?
• Diff. variable categories?
• Diff. variables in each category?
• More meta research questions?

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Speculation About the Nature and Development of
Metacognition

• metacognition is an extremely important
  topic, eminently worthy of further theoretical
  and experimental investigation.
• Speculate!
• Theorize early and often theory informs
  experimentation.
• No theory is perfect, but there is nothing more
  practical than a good theory.