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Metacognition, or thinking about your own thinking, is one of the most important skills that a person can cultivate. When you can learn from your own behaviors and actions, you can become more strategic, self-reliant, flexible, and productive.
Metacognition
Your Key Learning Skill
Metacognition involves:
* self-reflection
* self-responsibility
* drive and initiative
* goal setting
* time management
There are numerous ways to engage in these strategies and this lens will strive to give you resources and tools to help you improve your metacognition.
Metacognition Resources
- Metacognition Basics
- Metacognition consists of three basic elements:
* Developing a plan of action
* Maintaining/monitoring the plan
* Evaluating the plan - Strategies for Developing Metacognitive Behaviors
- 1. Identifying "what you know" and "what you don't know."
2. Talking about thinking.
3. Keeping a thinking journal.
4. Planning and self-regulation.
5. Debriefing the thinking process.
6. Self-Evaluation. - MindTools: Personal Goal Setting
- Goal setting is a powerful process for personal planning. By setting goals on a routine basis you decide what you want to achieve, and then move step-by-step towards achieving these goals.
- Getting Back To Work: Personal Productivity Toolkit
- I procrastinate. You procrastinate. We all procrastinate. Let's get back to work.
- Human Self-Reflection In History
- Human self-reflection is present from the earliest historical records. Humanity has always taken great interest in itself. The human faculty of introspection, the urge of an individual to discover more about its essence, invariably leads to inquiry about the human condition and the essence of humankind as a whole.
- Mind-Tools:Time-Management Skills
- How to get the most out of your time.
Who is Your Lensmaster?
- Creator of Circumstance
- Metacognition, critical thinking, creativity, and productivity galore!
Thinking About Your Thinking ~ Books
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Amazon Price: $10.20 (as of 10/07/2008)
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 10/07/2008)
Mind Hacks: Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain (Hacks)
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 10/07/2008)
Minding Minds: Evolving a Reflexive Mind by Interpreting Others
Amazon Price: $42.00 (as of 10/07/2008)
Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Every Day
Amazon Price: $9.60 (as of 10/07/2008)
The Missing Link in Cognition: Origins of Self-Reflective Consciousness
Amazon Price: $75.00 (as of 10/07/2008)
Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want And Getting It
Amazon Price: $10.40 (as of 10/07/2008)
Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 10/07/2008)
Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live
Amazon Price: $10.17 (as of 10/07/2008)
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