Which of the following are the three meta-cognitive skills used to regulate…
2024
Which of the following are the three meta-cognitive skills used to regulate thinking and learning?
A. Planning
B. Presenting
C. Monitoring
D. Evaluating
E. Sequencing
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: B. A, C and D Only — Concept. Meta-cognition means awareness of, and deliberate control over, one’s own thinking. Its controlling side — meta-cognitive regulation — is exercised…
- A.
A, C and E Only
- B.
A, C and D Only
- C.
B, C and E Only
- D.
B, D and E Only
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Correct answer: B
Concept. Meta-cognition means awareness of, and deliberate control over, one’s own thinking. Its controlling side — meta-cognitive regulation — is exercised through three skills that map onto the before, during and after phases of any learning task.
Planning — before the task: fixing the goal, choosing a strategy, and allocating time and resources.
Monitoring — during the task: tracking one’s own comprehension and progress, and adjusting the strategy while the work is still underway.
Evaluating — after the task: judging the outcome and how well the strategy worked, which feeds the next round of planning.
Application. Test each listed item against that definition of regulating one’s own thinking.
Item | What it is | Regulates one’s own thinking? |
|---|---|---|
A. Planning | Fixing the goal and choosing a strategy before the task | Yes — the "before" phase |
B. Presenting | Delivering or displaying information to an audience | No — an act of communication, not self-regulation |
C. Monitoring | Tracking one’s own comprehension and progress during the task | Yes — the "during" phase |
D. Evaluating | Appraising the outcome and the strategy after the task | Yes — the "after" phase |
E. Sequencing | Arranging content or steps into an order | No — an organising or instructional-design activity |
Cross-check. Planning, monitoring and evaluating close a single loop: the goal set at the start is what monitoring checks against, and evaluating judges that same goal at the end, so removing any one of them breaks the cycle. Presenting and sequencing describe how material is delivered or arranged for others; neither is an operation a learner performs on their own cognition. Hence the three meta-cognitive skills are Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating — the combination A, C and D.