Metacognition

Ways to Foster Metacognition.


1.-Activate Background Knowledge.
2.-Discuss Learning with Students.
3.-Have students identify their type of intelligence.
4.-Give students tools and have them construct their own learning (Scaffolding).
5.-Control and regulation of activities.




Homework Prezi Presentation.


Wikipedia: "Automaticity"
Wikipedia: "Cognitive Load"

1) In your own words, what is "automaticity" and "cognitive load"?

Automaticity is the ability to do things uncosciously, it's usually related with repetition. For example, learning how to cook is an activity that over time becomes automatic and repetitive. When it reaches this stage it's when the learning was done. 

Cognitive load is the excessive amount of content given to the students which results in the brain working harder to process all the information.

2) How do we develop automaticity?

Drilling techniques to make sure that the learning is permanent.

3) Create an example of how teachers can change the amount of "extraneous cognitive load" on an assignment?
Applying strategies or aids that help to explain the content clearly without adding additional information that is not relevant to the students. One example is the use of material or resources, in other words the use of images or videos to explain a certain content that results in a meaningful learning experience.

4) When have you felt that you had a "full" cognitive load?
In classes where we have to read lot of texts that have lots of information that is not relevant.
For example in a text with 20 pages of content only 7 are useful.