Advanced Cognition

It is important to scaffold note taking for students at this stage of development

develop assignements that emphasice understanding and application versus recall of discrete facts

Concept mapping is a tool to help develop...

Metacognition can not be learned.

Children can begin to develop advanced cognition skills in kindergarten.

Metacognition is a life long learning strategy that continues to be use in the workplace.

Asking students to begin making predictions at this age level is helpful to develping metacognition

1st graders often overestimte their ability to remember spelling of words.

Beginning to be able to reflect on learning and behaviors.

metacognition is:

High School students are expert note takers

Middle school aged students often focus on completing work quickly rather than understanding the concepts.

Adults have all developed great metacognition skills

Belief that learning is a passive activity

College students no longer need to work on metacognition.

Introduce simple learning strategies like flashcards and memory games

what age group overestimates how much they have learned and can remember?

This age group can take note, but does not see value in them and they are not helpful to learning.

3rd graders do not need to be taught how to study for a test.

Has a good handle on test studying skills.

Continuing belief in an absolute truth "out there"

Students are more concerned with getting correct answers than mastering the concepts

Increasing recognition that mastering a skill takes time and practice and doesn't just "happen"

belief that knowledge of a topic consists largely of discrete facts.