Metacognition

3. sequential processs that one uses to control cognitive activities, and to ensure that a cognitive goal has been met
4. cognitive strategy instruction
5. general knowledge about how human beings learn and process information
6. learners' awareness of and knowledge about their own memory systems and strategies for using their memories effectively
7. learner's ability to monitor the degree to which they understand information being communicated to them, , to recognize failures to comprehend, and to employ repair strategies when failures are identified
9. knowledge about the nature of the task as well as the type of processing demands that it will place upon the individual
11. knowledge about both cognitive and metacognitive strategies, as well as conditional knowledge about when and where it is appropriate to use such strategies

1. extent to which students/learners activate their prior and strategic knowledge in completing an academic task
2. thinking about thinking
3. involve the use of metacognitive strategies or metacognitive regulation
8. learners' ability to make adjustments in their own learning processes in response to their perception of feedback regarding their current status of learning
10. person most associated with metacognition