Metacognition techniques 3

Today is again a short day for reading as the theory follows on from day 1.

Some questions based on Schraw's regulatory checklist (Schraw, 2001) may help at different stages of metacognitive thinking:

Planning:

• What is the nature of the task?
• What is my goal?
• What information and strategies do I need?
• How much time and resources do I need?

Monitoring:

• Do I have a clear understanding of what I am doing?
• Does the task make sense?
• Am I reaching my goals?
• Do I need to make changes?

Evaluating:

• Have I reached my goal?
• What worked?
• What didn't work?
• What would I do differently next time?

Practice

• Make a note in your journal (or however you are recording your thinking) of Schraw's checklist

• When you come across a situation that you need to think about try applying this checklist