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Metacognitive Theory: Considering the Social Cognitive Influences (Hacker…
Metacognitive Theory: Considering the Social Cognitive Influences (Hacker and Bol, 2004)
Main Ideas
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Metacognition: Knowledge of one's knowledge, cognitive processes and cognitive and effective states and the ability to consciously monitor and regulate one's knowledge.
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Quote
"The low accuracy of text predictions may mean that students cannot predict performance well, and that prediction is not a teachable skill. Alternatively, low predictive accuracy may indicate that our measurement of metacomprehension accuracy is too unreliable for us to detect changes" (Maki, 1998)
Speaks to Hacker & Bol's premise that social influences must also be taken into account. The authors argue that "sociocognition" is needed to more completely understand cognition in the real world: emotions, social meanings, social intentions are intertwined with one's cognitive activity.
Analysis
The goal of the article is to propose that current studies on metacognitive judgments do not provide a complete picture of people as metacognizers and that social influences must be factored in.
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One point that this article raised for me was in the Carr & Jessup (1997) study of the 1st graders: that the girls adopted the boys' covert strategy for problem solving would definitely suggest social environment and possibly cultural factors to me.
Reflection
With respect to social influences on metacognitive judgment I can certainly relate to times where I chose not to do something because of the percentage of others who tried and didn't succeed at something.
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Escape rooms will post the percentage of successful escapes. I definitely found myself looking at that as much as the room's scenario when I chose to participate.