Sampulna, Surainie L.

- BPED 1A

Ma'am Salvasion Tagura

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF ( 4131)

Chaper 3 Managing and Caring for the self

A. Learning to be a better person

Students are still in the process of becoming a better person in different aspects . At this stage
of development their brain’s functioning is a work in progress. Learning to be a better person
entails learning how to handle brain and the corresponding behavioral changes that it
undergoes. The brain acts as a dense network of fiber pathways that consists of approximately
100 billion neurons which is responsible for all connections among the three principal parts
stem, cerebellum and cerebrum.

1. How learning happens in the human brain

Expounded by Ford (2011), learning through a network of Nuerons Where sensory information
is transmitted by synapses along the neural pathway and stored temporarily in short-term
memory, a volatile region of the brain that acts like receiving center for the flood of sensory
information we encounter in our daily lives.

During emotional reaction to fear, anger, laughter, love to name a few, the emotions becomes
part of the memory and strengthens it dramatically.

Learning fundamental requires the acquisition of new information ever from the moment a
person is born. What makes the brain search for the unusual in the environments is it’s natural
curiosity.

Stevens (2014) emphasized the changes in the brain allow for faster, stronger signalling
between neurons as the brain gains new skills, but the best way to speed up this signals is to
slowly introduce new information to the head
2. Metacognition

One amazing wonder the brain is capable of doing besides learning, which is something that
everyone is expected to do, is learning to learn.

Introducing metacognition into this chapter gives students the ability to control and direct their
learning experience to develop powerful skills that can directly relate to their academic and
career success.

Perras (2014) has mentioned these description of the word metacognition: according to Pierre
Paul gagné et. Al (2009) “metacognition enables students to help more active in their learning,
i.e to mobilize all of their resources in order to have successful learning experience. In order to
this, they must know how they learn and be aware if the steps that are followed and the means
that are used to acquire knowledge, solve problems and perform tasks (unnoficial translation.

According to learn online glossary (2014), metacognition is the process of “thinking about
thinking”. Metacognition is the understanding and awareness of one’s own mental or cognitive
process.

According to a number of research studies (brown et. Al 1983, Paris lindaver, 1982, Paris et. Al,
1988 ainsi que persely et. Al 1985), when students are able to manage their own performance
on a task they perform better and their learning is more meaningful than when they are not
able to manage it.

To pharaphrase Edgar morning (2014) , metacognition involves thinking and reflecting before,
during, and after a learning task. Metacognition starts when students think about the strategies
they will use to perform a task. Metacognition happens when they choose the most effective
strategies and decide for themselves whether the outcome of these strategies meets the
standard. The time taken to teach a variety Of strategies is very important because students
must choose strategies for each task they perform.

Many metacognition strategies are appropriate for use in the classroom including:

• think-alouds ( for Reading comprehension and problem solving)

• organizational tools ( such as checklist, rubics, etc. For solving word problems)

• explicit Teacher modeling (for math instructor).