Metacognition : new research developments / Clayton B. Larson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Larson, Clayton B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metacognition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Metacognition refers to higher order thinking which involves active control over the cognitive processes engaged in learning. This text presents the latest research in the field.

Contents:

Intro

METACOGNITION: NEW RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1 THE IMPORTANCE OF CULTIVATING A META-DISCOURSE IN DELIBERATE SUPPORT OF METACOGNITION

ABSTRACT

INTRODUCTION

METACOGNITION IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

The Apple Trees Task

PHILOSOPHY TO PROMPT METACOGNITION

Level 1: Literal Representation

Level 2: More Abstract Representation

Level 3: Model

Level 4: Private Concept

Level 5: Authorised Concept

Level 6: Platonic Form

DISCUSSION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2 METACOGNITION IN ANIMALS

IMPLICATIONS OF COMPARATIVE METACOGNITION RESEARCH

THE UNCERTAINTY-RESPONSE PARADIGM

Training Animals to Use Uncertainty Responses

Early Uncertainty-Monitoring Experiments

Uncertainty Monitoring During Different Cognitive Tasks

Uncertainty Responses in a Same-Different Task.

Uncertainty Responses and the Serial-Position Effect

Uncertainty Monitoring During Learning-Set Performance in Monkeys

Uncertainty Monitoring During Judgments of Numerosity

Uncertainty Responses During Recognition Memory Tests

Uncertainty Responses During Spatial Memory Tests

Uncertainty Responses Dissociated from Reinforcement History

Retrospective Confidence Judgments

UNCERTAINTY MONITORING BY NON-PRIMATES

INFORMATION-SEEKING PARADIGMS AS TESTS FOR METACOGNITION

SUMMARY AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES FOR ANIMAL METACOGNITION RESEARCH

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 3 METACOGNITION AND METAMOVEMENT: LINKS BETWEEN COGNITION AND MOTOR FUNCTION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE DUAL-TASK PARADIGM

3. THE ROLE OF ATTENTION IN STATIC AND DYNAMIC POSTURE

4. THE ROLE OF ATTENTION IN CONTINUOUS GAIT.

5. EVIDENCE OF DUAL-TASK INTERFERENCE AMONG OLDER ADULTS AT RISK FOR FALLS

6. THE POSTURE-FIRST STRATEGY

7. EVIDENCE FOR A POSTURE-SECOND STRATEGY AMONG INDIVIDUALS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE

7. SUMMARY

Chapter 4 METACOGNITION AND REACTIVE/REGULATIVE ASPECTS OF TEMPERAMENT IN OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER

METHOD

Participants

Instruments

OCD Diagnoses

OC Symptoms

Metacogniton

Reactive and Regulative Aspects of Temperament

Procedure

RESULTS

Research Question 1: Comparison of OCD Patients Scores with Normal Controls

Research Question 2: Correlations between Metacognition and OC Symptoms

Research Question 3: Correlations between Reactive/Regulative Temperament and OC symptoms

Research Question 4: Correlations between Metacognition and Reactive/Regulative Temperament

Comparison of OCD Patients and Normal Controls Concerning OC Symptoms, Metacognition and Temperament

Association between Metacognition and OC symptoms

The Relationship between Reactive/Regulative Temperament and OC Symptoms

Metacognition in Relation to Reactive/Regulative Temperament?

Clinial Implications

Strengths, Limitations and Future Research

Chapter 5 THE EFFECT OF METAMEMORY ON MEMORY PERFORMANCE: A TEST OF A STRUCTURAL MODEL

Measures

Results

Chapter 6 METACOGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT INTELLIGENCE: THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE AND ENTITY/INCREMENTAL THEORIES ACCORDING TO NAÏVE CONCEPTIONS

THEORIES OF INTELLIGENCE

A STUDY ON METACOGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES

A STUDY ABOUT METACOGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE AND ENTITY/INCREMENTAL THEORIES.

THINKING ABOUT ONE'S INTELLIGENCE

Chapter 7 CURIOSITY AND METACOGNITION

CURIOSITY AND METACOGNITION

Discrepancy Identification and Metacognition

Metacognition and the Arousal of Curiosity

A Study of Metacognition, State and Trait Curiosity, and Information Seeking Behavior

Metacognition and I- and D- Type Curiosity: A Tentative Theoretical Model

Directions for Future Research

Chapter 8 SOCIAL METACOGNITION IN GROUPS: BENEFITS, DIFFICULTIES, LEARNING, AND TEACHING

METACOGNITION AND SOCIAL METACOGNITION BENEFITS

Benefits of Metacognition

Self Scaffolding

Management of Personal Experiences

Benefits of Social Metacognition

Distribute Metacognitive Demands

Making Metacognition Visible

Improve Individual Cognition

Reciprocal Scaffolding

Greater Motivation

METACOGNITION AND SOCIAL METACOGNITION DIFFICULTIES

Difficulties of Individual Metacognition

Extra Metacognitive Demands

Metacognitive Inaccuracy

Poor Self-Scaffolding

Difficulties of Social Metacognition

Scaffolding Mismatch

Status Effects

Communication Challenges

Cultural Differences

LEARNING METACOGNITION AND SOCIAL METACOGNITION

Supportive Learning Environments

Student Interactions and Learning Communities

Social Metacognition Aids Individual Metacognition

TEACHING METACOGNITION AND SOCIAL METACOGNITION

Designing Classroom Metacognitive Activities in Daily Classroom Practices

Basic Metacognitive Training

Advanced Metacognitive Training

Social Metacognitive Training

Difficulties

FUTURE RESEARCH

Chapter 9 THE NEW LOOK IN METACOGNITION: FROM INDIVIDUAL TO SOCIAL, FROM COGNITIVE TO AFFECTIVE

METACOGNITION AND CONSCIOUS AWARENESS.

METACOGNITION AND AFFECT

METACOGNITION AND SELF-REGULATION

THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF METACOGNITION

THE NEW LOOK IN METACOGNITION

THE MULTILEVEL AND MULTIFACETED MODEL OF METACOGNITION

THE METACOGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE MODEL OF SELF-REGULATED LEARNING

THE MASRL MODEL AND CO-/OTHER-REGULATION

CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 10 USING STRUCTURED AND OPEN-ENDED PROCEDURES FOR ELICITING DATA ON LEARNERS' METACOGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE: A QUALITATIVE COMPARATIVE STUDY

THE STUDY

THE CONTEXT

THE SUBJECTS

INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES

The Autobiography

ALL Questionnaire

A Speaking Task Questionnaire

General Interview and Focused Interviews

A Scenario Exercise

Oral Tasks and a Speaking Checklist

DATA ANALYSIS

Methodological Caveats

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Structured Instruments

Speaking Task Questionnaire

Checklist

Semi-Structured and Open-Ended Instruments

Autobiography

INTERVIEWS

SCENARIO

APPENDIX A SAMPLE OF EXCERPTS TAKEN FROM THE INSTRUMENTS USED

Chapter 11 METACOGNITION: TEACHER KNOWLEDGE, MISCONCEPTIONS, AND JUDGMENTS OF RELEVANCE

2. THEORETICAL BACKGROUND

2.1. Metacognition and Reading Comprehension

2.2. The Teachers' Role in Communicating Metacognitive Knowledge and Skills

3. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

4. METHODS

4.1. Conceptualization of Relevant Teacher Knowledge

4.2. Empirical Study

Design

Operationalization of Teacher Knowledge of Metacognition

Teachers' Perceptions of the Relevance for Teaching of the Metacognition Knowledge Tasks

Analyses

5. RESULTS

5.1. Teachers' Knowledge and Misconceptions

Concept of Metacognition

Role of Metacognition for Reading Comprehension.

Development and Age-Specificity of Metacognition

Teaching of Metacognition

Diagnosis of Metacognition

5.1. Teachers' Judgments of Relevance

6. CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEGMENTS

Peer review:

Chapter 12 METACOGNITION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION SCIENCE TEACHERS: A CASE STUDY

1. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EXPERIENCED SCIENCE TEACHERS

2. METACOGNITION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE TEACHERS

3. THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF ENERGY

4. RESEARCH QUESTIONS

5. METHODS

6. RESULTS

Evolution of Ángela's Classroom Practice

Planning

Methodology

Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK)

Activities

The Classroom Atmosphere

Resources

Evaluation

Evolution of the Students' Ideas

7. CONCLUSION

Chapter 13 THE IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENTS' SELF-REGULATORY BEHAVIOR IN MATHEMATICS: THE IMPACT OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING

ABSTACT

Problem Solving Procedure and the Use of Mathematical Modeling

METHODOLOGY

Statistical Analysis

Qualitative Analysis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapter 14 UNAWARENESS OF DEFICITS IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THROUGH A BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE

2. UNAWARENESS OF DEFICITS - METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES

3. BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL

4. METACOGNITION

5. STUSS, PICTON, &amp

ALEXANDER (2001)

STUSS AND ANDERSON (2004) MODELS (SEE FIGURE 1)

Short Communication INTROSPECTION, MEDITATION AND METACOGNITION: HOW AWARE OR UNAWARE OF MYSELF CAN I BE?

TELLING WHAT WE CAN KNOW

CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON METACOGNITION

INTROSPECTION AND SELF-EXPERIMENTATION

METACOGNITIVE MEDITATIONS

INDEX.

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Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61470-241-1

OCLC:

777548897