Metacognitive Activity Self-questionnaire: Promoting student metacognition about learning

Purpose: In brief, METACOGNITION refers to how you think about thinking and learning. As a biology major it is im ortant that you begin learning strategies that allow you to un!erstan! how biologist think. In this assignment, you will learn se"eral meta#ogniti"e strategies an! ut them into ra#ti#e in your biology #ourse. This assignment is base! on the a er $%romoting &tu!ent Meta#ognition' by (imberly ). Tanner. *ou are to use this a#ti"ity throughout this web+base! #ourse as you mo"e through ea#h of the mo!ule. Therefore, each of the three activities (Planning, Monitoring and valuating! should be carried out for each module" Part #: Thin$ing about the overall course )ire#tions: ,se these meta#ogniti"e strategies to re are for an! thin- about the o"erall this web+base! biology #ourse. Answer the .uestions in the table below. P%A&&#&' ()* T+ ,)-*S biology course" 0uestions /. 0hy is it im ortant to learn the material in this #ourse1 2. 3ow !oes su##ess in this #ourse relate to my #areer goals1 4. 3ow am I going to a#ti"ely monitor my learning in this #ourse1 5. 0hat !o I most want to learn in this #ourse1 6. 0hat !o I want to be able to !o by the en! of this #ourse1 . Ans/er these questions about the Ans/er

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:earning to thin- li-e a biologist begins before you ste foot into a biology #lassroom. As- yourself the following .uestions: Before beginning a mo!ule, !o you usually plan ahead for the session1 )o you know the goals of the session before hand1 )o you monitor how well you un!erstan! the information during the session;#lass1 )o you evaluate what you learne! in the #lass;session soon after the #lass;session en!s1 )ire#tions: ,se these meta#ogniti"e strategies to re are for, thin- about, an! re"iew your ne<t biology mo!ule;session. Answer the .uestions in the table below. P%A&&#&' A+ A1 . Ans/er these questions BEFORE beginning the module2session" 0uestions Ans/er /. 0hat are the goals of the session going to be1 2. 0hat !o I alrea!y -now about this to i#1 4. 3ow #oul! I best re are for the session1 5. 0here shoul! I sit an! what shoul! I be !oing =or not !oing> to best su ort my learning !uring session1 6. 0hat .uestions !o I alrea!y ha"e about this to i# that I want to fin! out more about1

M)&#T)*#&' 1-*#&' module2session . Thin$ about these questions DURING the module2session" Provide your ans/ers as soon as you can once the module2session is complete" 0uestions Ans/er /. 0hat insights am I ha"ing as I e< erien#e this 3 ,ollege 4iology Metacognitive Activity

session1 0hat #onfusions1 2. 0hat .uestions are arising for me !uring the session1 Am I writing them !own1 4. )o I fin! this interesting1 0hy or why not1 3ow #oul! I ma-e this material ersonally rele"ant1 5. Can I !istinguish im ortant information from !etails1 If not, how will I figure this out1

5A%-AT#&' T+ ,%ASS S SS#)& . Ans/er these questions AFTER the class session" Provide your ans/ers as soon as you can once the class session is complete" 0uestions Ans/er /. 0hat was to!ay's session about1 2. 0hat !i! I hear to!ay that is in #onfli#t with my rior un!erstan!ing1 4. 3ow !i! the i!eas of to!ay's session relate to re"ious sessions1 5. 0hat !o I nee! to a#ti"ely go an! !o now to get my .uestions answere! an! my #onfusions #larifie!1 6. 0hat !i! I fin! most interesting about session to!ay1

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