Metacognition
Welcome!
Please take a gift bag and a
Metacognition Handout
You are a star!
Skit 1
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giving information
asking questions
giving directions
making assignments
monitoring seatwork
giving tests
reviewing tests
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assigning homework
reviewing homework
settling disputes
punishing noncompliance
marking papers
giving grades
Haberman relates these acts to “constituting the pedagogy of poverty” when they are to the
exclusion of higher order thinking processes including analysis and problem solving. It has
nothing to do with socioeconomic status, rather has everything to do with the lack of best
practices in the classroom.
Show me… Metacognition
• Skit 2
Metacognition Song
I think I can think about thinking.
Do you understand what I said?
It’s all about metacognition.
What’s going on in my head?
Metacognition Skills
Taking conscious control of learning
Planning and selecting strategies
Monitoring the progress of learning
Correcting errors
Analyzing the effectiveness of
learning strategies
• Changing learning behaviors and
strategies when necessary
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Introducing our Team
Longwood Session III Teacher Leaders
Dona Breen and Allyson Garrett
Differentiated Instruction UVA Class
Stacy Dibble, Kristin Muller, Jen Downey,
Rochelle Peasley, Molly Davis, Kristi Barsby, Emily
Hamilton, Yvonne Johnston
Coaches
Jenny Taylor and Jen Downey
Time to Experience Metacognition!
Stations and Gifts!
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Metacomprehension (J. Taylor)
Tomorrow’s Alphabet (Davis, Barsby, Dibble)
Round Trip
Other math games