metacognitive skill
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmetacognitiveandskill
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metacognitive
adjective
uk/ˌmet.əˈkɒɡ.nə.tɪv/us/ˌmet̬.əˈkɑːɡ.nə.t̬ɪv/
of or relating to metacognition (= knowledge and understanding of your ...
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skill
noun[C or U]
uk/skɪl/us/skɪl/
an ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have ...
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(Definition ofmetacognitiveandskillfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This was construed as an indication of lowmetacognitiveskill, but it is hardly a parsimonious account.
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The negative correlation between test scores and estimation errors should then be attenuated when differences inmetacognitiveskillare controlled.
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This may not be surprising because the presumedmetacognitiveskillinvolves the ability to discriminate individual test items on which one did well, from those on which one did poorly.
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Perhaps themetacognitiveskillis not necessary for the interpretation of unfamiliar words - a notion consistent with the rapid acceleration of lexical development observed during early childhood.
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Similarly, maintaining motivation to see a task to completion is also ametacognitiveskill.
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Finally, with respect to the involvement of metacognitive skills, our study did not include direct measures of metacognitive abilities.
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Together, these findings contribute to the notion that homonym interpretation involves constraints on word learning that involve reliance on context and essential metacognitive skills.
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It may be that these children are less aware of the conflict in their relationships with others, perhaps because of deficient metacognitive skills.
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To do this, students need to develop metacognitive skills.
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Teachers who demonstrate methodical learning in their lessons and who promote discussion of more general metacognitive skills may facilitate this process.
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Also, not all aspects of homonym interpretation involve metacognitive skills.
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First, children's private speech provides an effective window through which teachers can observe young children's thought processes, emotions, motivational processes, problem-solving strategies, and their emerging metacognitive skills.
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Mazzoni thought the data convincingly demonstrate metacognitive skills in animals.
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Second, there needs to be a curriculum which develops a wide variety of metacognitive skills such as experimentation, improvisation, assimilation with the real world, and which fosters motivation.
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Research is also needed to establish whether, for students with less-developed metacognitive skills, it might be more effective to begin by specifically training metacognitive skills, before training lexical retrieval skills.
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Reflective journals help students develop metacognitive skills by having them think about their understanding.
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Improving transfer in this way requires instructor prompts to assist students such as dynamic assessments or student development of metacognitive skills without prompting.
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This means that metacognitive skills are domain-general in nature and there are no specific skills for certain subject areas.
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The practice is employed to save teachers time and improve students' understanding of course materials as well as improve their metacognitive skills.
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This also relates back to metacognitive skills that have been demonstrated to be linked to learning goal orientation.
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