LEARNING TO

BE A BETTER
LEARNER
Introduction
Knowing the “self” is not enough. Since “who you are”
is partly made up of your choices, you must also have
the ability to choose especially to be better “you”. In the
school setting, your knowledge of yourself should at
least enable you to become a better student.
We are Homo sapiens or the “wise man”. We think in a more complex level
than our ancestors and most of it, if not all, of the other beings. Being called
wise, not only do we think, but we are also capable to think about thinking. It
is like your brain thinks about itself, then thinks about how it thinks about
itself.

Studies show that when you are able to think about how you think, how you
process information, and how you utilize techniques while you are studying,
you have a higher chance of improving your learning process than those who
do not reflect on their methods.
 METACOGNITION
It is the awareness of the scope and limitations of your current knowledge and
skills (thinking about thinking). Due to the awareness, metacognition enables a
person to adapt their existing knowledge and skills to approach a learning task,
seeking for the optimum result of the learning experience.
 TWO ASPECTS OF
METACOGNITION
2. Self-Appraisal
-your personal reflection on your knowledge and capabilities

2. Self-Management
- mental process you employ using what you have in planning and
adapting to successfully learn or accomplish a certain task
ELEMENTS OF METACOGNITION
1. Metacognitive Knowledge
-what you know about what you think

2. Aware Learners
-know some of their metscognitive strategies but they do not plsn on how to use
these techniques

3. Strategic Learners
-strategize and plan their course of action toward a learning experience

4. Reflective Learners
-reflect on their thinking while they are using strategies and adapt metacognitive
skills depending on their situation
 METACOGNITIVE
KNOWLEDGE VARIABLES
THAT AFFECT HOW YOU
ASSESS YOURSELF AS A
THINKER:
1. Personal Variable
-evaluations of strengths and weaknesses in learning

2. Task Variable
-what you know or what you think about the nature of the task, as well as the strategies the task
requires
SKILLS THAT CAN
HELP EXERCISING
METACOGNITION
1. Knowing your limits
-As mentioned earlier, one can really make any significance advancement in using metacognitive skills without
having an honest and accurate evaluation of what you know. Knowing your limits also looks at the scope and
limitations of your resources that you can work with what you have at the moment to look for ways to cope with
other necessities.

2. Modifying your approach

-It begins with the recognition that your strategy is not appropriate with the task and/or that you do not
comprehend the learning experience successfully.

3. Skimming
-This is basically browsing over a material and keeping an eye on keywords, phrases, or sentences. It is also about
knowing where to search for such key terms. For example, you might want to look at the Introduction first or
Abstract.

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4. Rehearsing
-This is not just about repeatedly talking, writing, and/or doing what you have learned, but also trying to make a
personal interpretation or summary of the learning experience. One of the fun ways to do this is by imagining
yourself being interviewed about your task.

5. Self-test
- As the name implies, this is trying to test your comprehension of your learning experience or the skills you have
acquired during the learning. You can challenge yourself in completing a task successfully, maybe in a given
period of time.

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 OTHER
STRATEGIES
1. Asking questions about your methods
– Refers to the practice of reflecting on and evaluating
the strategies and approaches you use to learn, solve problems, or complete tasks.

2. Self – reflection
- Refers to the process of introspectively examining and evaluating one’s own thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and
actions.

3. Finding a mentor or support group if necessary

– Refers to seeking guidance and assistance
from experienced individuals or a community of like-minded individuals who can provide
support, advice and feedback on ones cognitive processes and learning strategies.
 OTHER
STRATEGIES
4. Thinking out loud
– Refers to the practice of verbalizing one’s thoughts and cognitive processes as a means of enhancing self-
awareness and understanding.

5. Welcoming errors as learning experiences

-“Welcoming errors” does not mean seeking them or consciously making them as much as possible. It means
that when you commit a mistake, you do not dismiss it as insignificant or you do not try to avoid responsibility
of the results. You must process them to learn every lesson that you can take about yourself, about the topic,
and other people or things. By having a more positive attitude toward mistakes, you will also have the courage
to venture into new and unknown learning experiences that may one day interest you.
 FOUR TYPES OF
METACOGNITIVE LEARNERS
1.Tactic
- Learners are unaware of their metacognitive processes although they know the extent of their
knowledge.

2.Aware
- Learners know some of their metacognitive strategies but they do not plan on how to use these
techniques.
3.Strategic
- Learners, as the name implies, strategize and plan their course of action plan on how to use these
techniques.

4.Reflective
- Learners reflect on their thinking while using the strategies and adapt metacognitive skills
depending on their situation.
 SELF REGULATED
LEARNER
•Education should not be limited by the capabilities of the teachers, the content of the
school textbook, the four corners of the classroom, and the duration of the academic year
courses.
• Should have the capability to study things on your own as well as accurately evaluate
your progress.
OTHER TIPS YOU CAN USE IN STUDYING:
•Make an outline of things you want to learn, the things you are reading and
the things you remember.
•Break down the task in smaller and more manageable details
•Integrate variation in your schedule and learning experience.
•Try to incubate your ideas. Carefully select and add ideas to does ideas you
first created.
• Revise, summarize, and take down notes, then reread them to help you
minimize cramming in the least minute
•Engage what you have learned. Do something about it
THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING
 TIME FOR
QUESTIONS!
1. Homo Sapiens is also translated or called in
another term as?
Wise Man
2. Thus lets a man adapt to their current intelligence
and skills on learning tasks and having an optimum
result on leaning.
Metacognition
3. It is defined as the personal reflection of a certain
person to personal knowledge and self capabilities.
4. Give the four elements of Metacognition.
• Metacognitive Knowledge
• Aware Learners
• Strategic Learners
• Reflective Learners
5. Defined as the mental process people employ with
the usage of what was planned and successfully
adapting or learning or completing a certain task.
Self Management
6. The two Metacognitive Knowledge Variable
• Personal Variable
• Task Variable
7. It is the testing of ones comprehension on learning
from experience.
Self Test
8. Four Types of Metacognitive Learners
 • Tactic
• Aware
• Strategic
• Reflective
9. It is an act where you do not dismiss a mistake as
insignificant rather, process them and learn every
lesson from it.
Welcoming errors as learning experiences
10. This is basically browsing over materials and
keeping an eye on keywords, phrases or even
sentences.
Skimming