metacognitive.

Concerned with monitoring and guiding one's own mental processes.

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Words that belong together

• metacognitive skills
• metacognitive strategy

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A metacognitive strategy helped students notice gaps in their understanding.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. 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. Commonness: moderately common.