Punzalan, Nicole D.

What are the different metacognitive skills?

The metacognitive skills are presented as a list without reference to level of language skills. Like
technology skills, learners’ metacognitive abilities are rarely aligned exactly with their language skills
levels. The ability to understand and analyze one’s own learning is especially influenced by educational
background and previous experience.
The different metacognitive skills are the knowledge and skills for organizing, guiding, and
controlling one’s own thinking, actions, and learning processes. It concerns the skills for task orientation
(what am I to do?), goal setting (what am I to achieve?), planning (how do I reach that goal?), a
systematical approach (step-by-step), monitoring oneself during task execution (am I not making
mistakes, do I understand all of it?), evaluating the outcome (is the answer correct?), and reflection
(what can I learn from this episode?).

References:
http://www.talenteducation.eu/toolkitforteachers/metacognicalskills/what-are-metacognitive-skills/
http://www.integratingengineering.org/meta-cognitive%20Skills.htm