metacognition.

Awareness of and reflection on one’s own thinking, including monitoring or adjusting how one learns or reasons.

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Words that belong together

• metacognitive monitoring
• develop metacognition

On the page

The lesson developed metacognition by asking students how they knew an answer was supported.

Her metacognition helped her notice that familiarity with the terms was not the same as understanding the argument.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation, interpersonal behavior, self-evaluation. Disciplines: psychology, human behavior, character writing. Commonness: uncommon.