Entry #1

Metacognition

A few days ago, in Language Art class, Ms. Torie introduced us to a new word, Metacognition. No one in the class knew what is it, but we start to understand when Ms.Torie gave us the definition, thinking about your thinking, explain it clearly and make us do many activities related to it. After we finished, I have notice that I use metacognition everyday without event noticing that it is call a metacognition. It is very helpful when it comes to work that needs lots of thinking. The hard part about it is when one part of the metacognition is to think aloud. I don't really understand how does it help us think about what we are thinking. It is just saying out what we are thinking inside of our mind. The activities that we did, included my partner and I. I've learned from my friend that I'm not only the one that uses metacognition. In class, it is good to use metacognition because, it help us stay on task and know when I'm not thinking about what we are suppose to think. Also, it helps us understand ourselves even more by making us know what we are actually thinking right now. I will definitely use more of metacognition in class.