To start of as a reminder, metacognition means knowing about knowing. After the reading, I have found that metacognition can help boost the short term memory, which is what most people use when studying or memorizing a phone number or something else.
If a teacher emphasizes the idea of organization, planning, and time management, he or she is incorporating metacognitive strategies. This can help students to better prepare themselves for the future tasks that are before them. Without this, however, a student might be more apt to struggle and not have the motivation to get throught daily activities.
The way I preceived some of the information in the article is the fact that metacognition helps boost the short term memory and can help people remember things for the long term. It is kind of like the brain is a filing cabinet and metacognition is the key to good organization.
I also like the articles belief that mnemonic devices are a good metacognitive tool. I am a big fan of creating little things like Acronyms to help me remember information for a quiz or exam.
Overall Metacognition is a good idea and it can be used in many ways and many fields to ensure the learning of the material by the students.
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