Agenda• Introduction• Theoretical and conceptual frameworks

– Metacognition– Working framework– Your article’s theoretical framework

• Measures of metacognition– Strengths, weaknesses– Traditions– Examples

• Construct validity discussion• SRL constructs and metacognition• Promoting metacognition• Burning thoughts

Introduction• Personal history and background• Lens from which I study metacognition

– Measuring and promoting– A self-regulatory framework (e.g., strategies and motivational constructs)

• Some example studies– MAI, Jr. Mai – Expertise and Metacognition – Early childhood/Development– Middle school studies– Generality/Specificity– New measures– Promotion and conditional knowledge

Frameworks and Constructs

• Flavell, McCormick Chapter, Veenman introduction• Flavell (1979)

– Knowledge, Experiences, Goals (Tasks), Actions (Strategies) • Brown (1978, 1987)

– Knowledge and regulation of cognition• Variations

– Paris and others— ‘knowledge and control’• Agree to not agree?• Activity

– ID constructs and develop working model from homework– ID/Discuss frameworks as found (and not found) from articles

Brown Framework(Variation)

Declarative Conditional Procedural Planning Monitoring Info. Manage. EvaluationDebugging

Underlying conceptual framework for the MAI

http://www.lifecircles-inc.com/Learningtheories/constructivism/flavell.html

Measures

• Think-alouds• Confidence ratings• Interviews • Open-ended items• Teacher (other) ratings• Self-report scales• Traces• Behavioral measures

Measures

• Offline and online• Triangulation• Strengths and weaknesses

• SRL measures– Component parts– Divergent/convergent evidence

• Activity– Tie measures to identified constructs– Tie items to identified constructs– What strategy does your article employ?

http://academic.pg.cc.md.us/~wpeirce/MCCCTR/metacognition.htm#II

Winne and Perry

Efklides, Anastasia

Burning Thoughts

• Which theoretical framework is most consistent with your views? Does it matter?

• Is our definition of metacognition ‘good enough’?

• How do you distinguish among metacognition, strategy use, and SRL?

• When might you use each known measure of metacognition?

Burning Thoughts

• Should we actively measure metacognition in schools?– If so, how and why?

• In what contexts and under what conditions should we ‘teach’ and promote metacognition?

• Overt or embedded curriculum?• How much does practice matter?

Burning Thoughts

• How would you promote metacognition in a context of most relevance to you?

• Why should this work?• How would you test the effectiveness?