Metacognition

Meta
cognition

元认知
 • Do you really know yourself?
Contents • Cognitive Bias concept explaning

• Metacognition the differences beetwen

metacognition and cognition

how to improve metacognitive

ability
 I
Do you
really know
yourself?
 gentle vs rude
• “Given my character, status and
education, such cruel and brutal
behaviour is simply unthinkable.”
• pushed a seamstress who lives next door
down stairs for being noisy

The great thinker’s cognitive Bias

marble and conceited
vs
softhearted and vulnerable
• Compassion ist the act of the weak.
• hugged a horse in the streets of Turin
and went mad with pain
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Cognitive Bias
 III
Metacognition
3.1 concept explaning

What is meta-?

Meta- is a prefix meaning ''more comprehensive'' or

''transcending''.
 What is metacognition?

The transcension of cognition.

The analysis of one's own learning or thinking processes.

 What is metacognition?

''thinking about thinking'' metacognitive knowledge

metacogniton
the ability to monitor
one's cognitive processes metacognitive control
Model of metacognitive processes
3.2 The differences between metacognition and cognition

different objects different contents

the differences

different different development

functioning ways periods
different objects
• The object of cognition is external and specific

• The object of metacognition is internal and abstract

The object of metacognition is one’s own

metacognition cognition, which is internal and abstract.

cognition
In this process, the object of cognition is
the book, which is external and specific.
read a book
different contents
• The content of cognition is psychological perception of the object

• The content of metacognition is to regulate and monitor cognition

Metacognitive activities focus on one’s own

metacognition reading process and can regulate it.

cognition
The content of cognition is catching the
meaning of the book.
read a book
 different functioning ways
• Cognition can directly make the subject obtain some information of objects.

• Metacognition can only indirectly affect the subject's cognition through the
regulation of cognitive activities.
If one finds that he reads too quickly and did not
metacognition catch anything, he would reflect on his reading
way and then read slowly to understand it better.
cognition
Readers can get the main idea directly by
cognitive activities.
read a book
different development periods

• From the perspective of individual cognitive development,

metacognition lags behind the development of cognition.

But children in preschool begin to acquire

metacognition some superficial metacognitive ability.

cognition
Research shows that babies have a certain
cognitive ability after birth.
3.3 How can we improve our metacognitive ability?

Step 4. Adjustment
Step1. Locating yourself
1. Own state
1. Objective criterions ：
2. Plan
- self-testing
- other people’s comments
2. Self-cognition

Step2. Planning Step3. Monitoring and reflection

1. Evaluating this task 1. Own state
2. Methode
2. Plan schedule
3. Problems
 Preparation for the Test for English majors-Band 8 as an example
exact advantages,
self-cognition disadvantages in English
metacognition
judgement of
one`s level understand the difficulty of and the accuracy of initial
the test self-cognition

monthly /weekly /daily plans how much my vocabulary has reached,

formulation of how fast my reading speed has

suitable learning increased,
strategies time allocation between
defects and well-mastered and what level my listening proficiency
knowledge has improved.
adjust study time
and practice supervising the implementation of
targets * N times reflecting * N times
learning strategies * N times
grasp one`s learning effects and deepen self-cognition (better metacognition)
 Conclusion

The use of metacognitive control (monitoring, reflection and

adjustment) to continuously improve one`s metacognitive ability
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