METACOGNITIO

N AWARENESS
INVENTORY
IT’S ALL ABOUT YOU!
(INTELLIGENCE)

DANICA SARAUS DOMUGHO

UNDERSTADING THE SELF-1
2. Do you
agree with the
result of your
MAI? Why or
why not?
 According to the Global Metacognition Institute,
Metacognition Awareness Inventory is a fantastic way to
gauge the levels of metacognitive awareness in your students

a ns we and foster metacognitive reflection in them. The

Metacognitive Awareness Inventory is an excellent way to
quantify, analyze and monitor levels of metacognition across
your school. Metacognition is the practice of being aware of
r one’s own thinking. Some scholars refer to it as “thinking
about thinking.” I discovered a lot on how my metacognition
works throughout my journey. I read the sentences and put
the corresponding check in the true or false tables. I was then
amazed when I take a look of the result in my MAI, not
really bad for me. I agree with the result because I do believe
that I have something in me that deal with the knowledge of
cognition and its regulation. These include the declarative,
procedural and conditional knowledge and the same goes by
with planning, information management strategies,
 3. Research the different definition of Intelligence
according to: Charles Spearman; Louis Leon Thurstone;
Raymond Cattel; Robert Sternberg (1991); Sternberg
(2004); and Howard Gardner.
 According to Dictionary. com, intelligence
is the capacity for learning, reasoning,
understanding similar forms of mental
activity; aptitude in grasping truths,
relationships, facts, meanings, etc.

The following definitions of intelligence

according to some known authors are shown
on the next page.

Charles Spearman, who lived from
1863 to 1945, was a British
psychologist who came
experimental psychology a bit late
in life. He believed that intelligence
consisted of one general factor,
called g, which could be measured
and compared among individuals.
Spearman focused on
commonalities among various
intellectual abilities and de-
emphasized what made each
unique.
to
Raymond Cattell was an English
psychologist who established an
experimental and quantitative method
for the study of personality and human
the motivation. Cattell has studied
intelligence in depth. He developed a
model based on two central factors:
fluid intelligence (Gf) and crystallized
intelligence (Gc).
Dr. Sternberg's personal experiences with
intelligence testing in elementary school
lead him to create his own intelligence test
for a 7th grade science project. He
happened to find the Stanford-Binet scales
in the local library, and with unintentional
impertinence, began administering the test
to his classmates; his own test, the
Sternberg Test of Mental Abilities (STOMA)
appeared shortly thereafter ( personal
communication, July 29, 2004).

Charles Louis Leon Raymund Robert Howard

Cattell Sternberg
Spearman Thurstone Sternberg Gardner
(2004)
(1991)

Robert Jeffrey Sternberg is an American psychologist known Howard Gardner was born in 1943 in Scranton,
American psychologist who was instrumental in the Pennsylvania, into a family that fled to the States
for his theories on love, intelligence, and creativity. Sternberg’s
development of psychometrics, the science that measures from Nazi Germany. Gardner attributed the
definition of human intelligence is mental activity directed
mental functions, and who developed statistical techniques for emergence of multiple intelligence theory to his
toward purposive adaptation to, selection and shaping of, real-
multiple-factor analysis of performance on psychological tests. two major lines of work: the first being how the
world environments relevant to one’s life, which means that
 Intelligence is composed of several different factors. The seven mind develops, particularly in the development
intelligence is how well an individual deals with environmental
primary mental abilities in Thurstone's model were verbal of symbols and using abilities in the arts; the
changes throughout his lifespan. Instead of one intelligence,
comprehension, word fluency, number facility, spatial second being how the mind processes and breaks
Robert Sternberg proposed a triarchic theory of intelligence
visualization, associative memory, perceptual speed and down information under special conditions.
including analytical, creative and practical intelligence.
reasoning.
CHARLES
SPEARMAN
Spearman’s two-factor theory which
attempted to show that all cognitive
performance can be explained by two
variables: one general ability (g) and
the many specific abilities (s).
 LOUIS LEON
THURSTONE
THE SEVEN PRIMARY
MENTAL ABILITIES

were verbal
comprehension, word
fluency, number facility,
spatial visualization,
associative memory,
perceptual speed and
reasoning.
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HOWARD
GARDNER
 QUESTION #4
HOW IS METACOGNITION
WHAT IS METACOGNITION? RELATED TO INTELLIGENCE?
Metacognition is put simply
Intelligence is the ability to
thinking about one’s thinking. More
acquire knowledge from the
precisely, it refers to the processes used
different learning areas. It is the
to plan, monitor, and assess one’s
ability to regulate, think about
understanding and performance.
and organize one’s thoughts and
Metacognition includes a critical
feelings which is connected to the
awareness of one’s thinking and
passage of metacognition which
learning and oneself as a thinker and
enables us to think about what
learner (Chick). Metacognition is
we do, how we do it and think
regarded as thinking about thinking. It is
about in our own thinking. Nuhfer
critical to the learning process. It
(2017) also addressed this
teaches the why not just the how. It
relationship when he explored
empowers someone to be active readers
how affect governs how we think
and critical thinkers. It increases
and feel, and determines how we
confidence and motivate students to
filter the world and operate—thus
transfer the concepts they learn from
controlling our success and
the classroom to other discipline or even
failure.
in the real life situations.
4.) In your own
words, create your
definition of
Intelligence.
 Intelligence is…
an act of Important in Influences the
understanding in dealing with aspects of human
exploring new ideas confidence and being like how we
.
and to deal with the self-awareness. It speak and the way
changes in real life. is the core we talk which are
It is the ability to element in also needed in
learn from the decision making relating to one
acquired that helps a another. In a way it
knowledge, apply it person to better can also act as an
and to inspire or think and evaluate hindrance because
manipulate such his or her it can be difficult
action or situations emotions before to understand one
in order to adjust doing something. another.
and adopt changes.
5.) Basing on Howard Gardner's the
Multiple Intelligences (MI), Create your
own intelligence matrix. For EACH MI,
give personal examples that will specifically
describe the ability according to that
intelligence. (LINK ATTACHED for sample
matrix)
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love yourself is the best critical thinking).
can be).
6.) Research the Right-
Brain anad Left-Brain
functions. (Collate
authentic and research-
based information). What
is the more DOMINANT
part of your brain? Why
do you think so?
• The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body.

Left-Brain and
If the left side of the brain is dominant, the person is logical
and more academically inclined. The left hemisphere of the
brain is also called the digital brain. It is the one responsible
for the following:
Right-Brain The right side of the brain controls the left side of the body.
•
functions
---Verbal ---Analytical
A right hemisphere dominant person excels in arts. It is
• ---Order ---Reading
visual and intuitive. It is also called the analog brain. It is
• ---Writing ---Computations responsible for the following:
• ---Sequencing ---Logic
• ---Mathematics ---Thinking in words ---Creativity ---Imagination
• ---Linear thinking ---Visual based ---Intuition ---Holistic thinking
languages such as in mute and deaf ---Arts ---Feelings visualization
people ---Non-verbal cues ---Rhythm
---Daydreaming ---Emotions
Detailed information about the functions and characteristics of
the left brain.
• It has the ability to understand the sum of any situation/look Detailed Information about the Functions and
characteristics of the Right Brain.
at things from.
• It allows young children to grasp and understand the
• It involves the movement of large muscles such as walking.
concept of more versus less.
• It plays an important role in maintaining balance. • The right hemisphere of the brain is responsible for
• It is responsible for non-verbal communications. some of the cognitive functions such as attention,
• It can sense smell, taste, and sound. processing of visual shapes and patterns, emotions,
• It is responsible for emotional functions. verbal ambiguity, and implied meanings.
• It regulates avoidance behavior. • Children below 3 years old are predominantly governed
• It controls the immune system. by the right brain. (2)
• It is in charge of involuntary body functions like digestion,
the beating of the heart, and breathing.
• It is stimulated by new experiences.
• It affects the person’s ability to pay attention to details.
• Fine motor skills.
What is the dominant part of your brain?
Each part of the brain has its own unique functions and characteristics that
differ from each other. The left brain focuses on digital and logical skills while
the right part of the brain is more on visual and analog skills presentation. I’m a
kind of person that is very random and I think that both my left and right part
of the brain are balanced. I did the Brain Dominance Test (online test) to know
which is more dominant part of my brain and the result was balanced. I
observed that I can also feel the left brain working on me most specially when I
deal logical and analytical problem or situations. I can also see my right brain
manifested on me during visual situations and art. I do creativity and
visualization as well as critical and logical thinking in manipulating real life
situations. Moreover, I cannot merely say that only the left brain is dominant
nor the right brain but I can guarantee that this two parts are both active and
functioning well in my brain. They are both present which enable me to
balance all my skills.
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