Commonplace Book Entry #3

Angela M. LopezMAT @ USCEDUC 513A

Prof. Sara Peterson

Metacognition

• What are you thinking?

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• How are you thinking?

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• Why are you thinking it?

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Now,• What are you going to do with those

thoughts?

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• Learning Habits of the Heart and Mind(Miller, S. M., 2003. p. 289 )

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• Literature – “a major way of knowing, a distince narrative mode of understanding that can contribute to a keen and critical mind.”

(Miller, S.M. 2003. p. 289)

Metacognition

• Celebrate what you know, and share it!

Metacognition

• Help me help you. “Mediated learning experience –

interaction between adult and child that encourages the child to think about the phenomenon or event in

particular ways…” (Ormrod, J.E. 2011. pp. 44-45).

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• Scaffold to help build knowledge.Develop a plan…Demonstrate…Divide

task…specific guidelines…use technology…ask questions…keep motivated…remind of their goals…give feedback.

(Ormrod, J. E., 2011. p. 46)

Metacognition

• Is the problem the TEACHER?“Since traditional teacher talk focused

almost solely on questioning and evaluating correct responses”…Hmmm.

(Miller, S. M. 2003. P. 291)

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• Learn from me and I’ll learn from you…“…students pursue understanding interdependently, at times acting as and other times learning from more

knowledgeable peers.” (Miller, S. M. 2003. p. 291)

Metacognition

• No Teacher = not good• Too much Teacher = not good• Happy medium = GREAT!

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• ZPD – “compare what a student can do alone and what she can do during ‘problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers.’” (Miller, S. M. 2003. p. 292.)

Teacher + Students = Success!

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• Happy medium – teacher mediates and facilitates student discussion

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• Don’t just read words; think, find meaning, apply it.“Develop a more reflective stance

toward meaning.” (Miller, S. M. 2003. p. 294)

Metacognition

Resources:• Miller, S. M. (2003). How literature discussion shapes thinking: ZPDs for teaching/learning

habits of heart and mind. In A. Kouzlin, B. Gindis, V. S. Ageyev, & S. M. Miller, (Eds.), Vygotsky’s educational theory in cultural context (pp. 289-316). NY: Cambridge University Press.

• Ormrod, J. E. (2011). Educational psychology developing learners. 7th Ed. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.