Which of the following statements refer to metacognition skills?

1.It is thinking about thinking.

2.It enhances a student's learning for immediate outcomes and for understanding one's own learning.

3.It is a teachable skill that is central to other skill sets such as problem solving, decision making and critical thinking.

4.It is knowing one's own strengths and weaknesses as a learner.

AOnly 1, 2 and 3

BOnly 2, 3 and 4

COnly 1, 2 and 4

DAll of the above ✓ Correct

Correct answer: (D) All of the above

Explanation

All four statements describe metacognition, so the answer is all of the above.

Metacognition is thinking about one's own thinking, a term introduced by John Flavell.

It improves learning both for immediate outcomes and for awareness of how one learns.

It is a teachable skill that underpins problem solving, decision making and critical thinking.

It includes knowing one's own strengths and weaknesses as a learner, that is self-knowledge of cognition.

Flavell distinguished metacognitive knowledge from metacognitive regulation such as planning, monitoring and evaluating.

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