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METACOGNITION consists of three basic elements: Developing a plan of action Maintaining/monitoring the plan Evaluating the plan For further information, see North Central Regional Education's Laboratory's page on Metacognition There are a variety of strategies to implement reflective practice. On a simple level, we could think about reflection in the past, present, and future tense. Donald Schön refers to ‘reflection-in-action’ as analysis in the present tense...during the performance of a task. Killion and Todnem (1991) categorize reflection in three directions:
Reflection in action - DuringPerformance or Volitional ControlProcesses that occur action and affect attention and action Self-control processes help learners to focus on tasks and optimize efforts Self-instruction Self-observation allows learners to vary aspects of their performanceImagery Attention focusing Task Strategies Self-recording Self-experimentation Reflection on action - AfterSelf-ReflectionProcesses which occur after performance efforts and influence a person’s response to that experience Planning and implementing a strategy provides an evaluation metric for learners to attribute successes or failures to, rather than low ability Self-judgment Self-evaluation Casual attribution Self-reaction Self-satisfaction/affect Adaptive-defensive response Reflection for action - BeforeForethoughtInfluential processes which precede efforts to act and set the stage for action Goal setting increases self-efficacy and intrinsic interest Task Analysis Goal setting Self-motivation beliefs increase commitmentStrategic Planning Self-motivational beliefs: Self-efficacy Outcome expectations Intrinsic interest/value Goal Orientation |
