Applied Metacognition
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There is a growing theoretical and practical interest in the topic of metacognition: how mental processses are monitored and controlled. This study overviews the relationship between theories in metacognition and their real-world applications. In addition to a theoretical overview, chapters cover metacognition in three areas: education, everyday life memory and in diverse populations.
- Links theory and practical application
- Covers metacognition across broad range of topics
- Contributors acknowledged experts in the field
Product details
December 2002Paperback
9780521000376
310 pages
228 × 153 × 21 mm
0.492kg
7 tables
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Toward an applied metacognition Bennett L. Schwartz and Timothy J. Perfect
- Part I. Metacognition in Learning and Education:
- 2. The relation between metacognitive monitoring and control Lisa K. Son and Bennett L. Schwartz
- 3. Metacognition for text: findings and implications for education Ruth H. Maki and Michael J. McGuire
- 4. Influence of practice tests on the accuracy of predicting memory performance for paired associates, sentences, and text material John Dunlosky, Katherine Rawson and Susan L. McDonald
- Part II. Metacognition in Everyday Memory:
- 5. When does eyewitness confidence predict performance? Timothy J. Perfect
- 6. Autobiographical memories and beliefs: a preliminary metacognitive model Giuliana Mazzoni and Irving Kirsch
- 7. Students' experiences of unconscious plagiarism: did I beget or forget? Marie Carroll and Timothy J. Perfect
- Part III. Metacognition in Different Populations:
- 8. Metacognition in older adults: implications for application Christopher Hertzog
- 9. Sense and sensitivity: metacognition in Alzheimer's disease Chris Moulin
- 10. The development of metacognitive knowledge in children and adolescents Wolfgang Schneider and Kathrin Lockl
- Conclusions
- 11. Metacognition research: an interim report Asher Koriat.
