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What is Metacognitive Knowledge

Chapter 4
Global Perspectives on Gameful and Playful Teaching and Learning
An individual’s knowledge of strategies, how to use strategies, and when and why to use strategies to be, think, feel, act, and learn in the world.
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Massively Multiplayer Online Games as Spaces for Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning
Anastasia Lynn Betts (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA) and Meagan K. Rothschild (Age of Learning, Inc., USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2015-4.ch004
Abstract
Metacognition, or the ability to be consciously and intentionally aware of one's thinking and the ways in which one's thinking impacts one's learning, has been shown in the research to be a critical component of learners' abilities to learn effectively. One area of research on metacognition has focused on the role of metacognition in video games, specifically in massively multiplayer online games, known as MMOs. Through examples of metacognition in a popular video game such as World of Warcraft or in Adventure Academy, a new educational MMO for children ages 8–13 years old, this chapter highlights the ways in which MMOs can act as spaces that support the development of metacognitive behaviors through the components of planning, monitoring, control, and evaluation, toward improving learning overall.
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Metacognitive Knowledge and Self-Regulation of In-Service Teachers in an Online Learning Environment
Knowledge that learners have about a certain task, about their selves and others, and about different strategies they can apply.
Published in Chapter: Metacognitive Knowledge and Self-Regulation of In-Service Teachers in an Online Learning Environment; From: Supporting Self-Regulated Learning and Student Success in Online Courses
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Human Cognition in the Design of Assistive Technology for Those with Learning Disabilities
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Metacognitive Knowledge and Language Learning in a Web-Based Distance Learning Context: The Case of Adult EFL Learners in China
One’s awareness and understanding about what and how various factors act and interact to affect one’s own learning and thinking.
Published in Chapter: Metacognitive Knowledge and Language Learning in a Web-Based Distance Learning Context: The Case of Adult EFL Learners in China; From: Handbook of Research on Cross-Cultural Online Learning in Higher Education
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Cultivation of Leadership in Higher Education Students
Refers to knowledge of skills and strategies that an individual may employ in solving a problem.
Published in Chapter: Cultivation of Leadership in Higher Education Students; From: Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management
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How Is Your Connection?: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning Into Online Course Design
What learners know about themselves, their strategies to solve problems, and the requirements to implement those strategies.
Published in Chapter: How Is Your Connection?: Integrating Social and Emotional Learning Into Online Course Design; From: Advancing Online Course Design and Pedagogy for the 21st Century Learning Environment
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