Which of the following are the benefits of Metacognition? A. Metacognitive…
2024
Which of the following are the benefits of Metacognition?
A. Metacognitive practices help learners to plan, monitor and evaluate their own progress.
B. Metacognitive practices make a unique contribution to learning over and above the influence of cognitive ability.
C. Metacognitive practices help to improve academic achievements of learners.
D. Metacognitive skills help students to transfer what they have learnt from one context to the next.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer: C. A, B, C and D — ConceptMetacognition is awareness and regulation of one’s own thinking. It works through a self-regulatory cycle: the learner plans a strategy, monitors…
- A.
A and D Only
- B.
B and C Only
- C.
A, B, C and D
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C Only
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Correct answer: C
Concept
Metacognition is awareness and regulation of one’s own thinking.
It works through a self-regulatory cycle: the learner plans a strategy, monitors understanding and progress, and evaluates whether the strategy worked. This regulation can support learning beyond raw cognitive ability, improve achievement, and help knowledge transfer across contexts.
Application
Planning, monitoring and evaluating one’s progress are the core control processes of metacognition, so the self-regulation claim describes a direct benefit.
Research treats metacognitive knowledge and regulation as contributors to learning that are not reducible to cognitive ability alone, so the added-contribution claim describes another benefit.
Better strategy choice, error detection and revision can improve academic performance, so the academic-achievement claim also describes a benefit.
When learners recognize when and why a strategy works, they can adapt it to a new task or setting, so transfer across contexts is also a benefit.
Cross-check and contrast
The four claims cover complementary outcomes at the process, performance and transfer levels; none conflicts with the definition of metacognition.
A and D only omits the added contribution beyond cognitive ability and the academic-achievement benefit.
B and C only omits self-regulation and transfer across contexts.
C only retains academic achievement but omits the other three benefits.
Result
Therefore, A, B, C and D are all benefits of metacognition.