What term describes thinking about one's own thinking and learning strategies, including self-monitoring and adjustment?

What term describes thinking about one's own thinking and learning strategies, including self-monitoring and adjustment?

• A. Metacognition
• B. Receptive language
• C. Orthography
• D. Phoneme

Answer: (A)

Metacognition is thinking about your own thinking and learning strategies, including planning, monitoring what you understand, and adjusting approaches as needed. This awareness lets you judge whether you’re grasping a concept and change tactics—like re-reading, summarizing, asking questions, or trying a different problem-solving method—to improve learning. Receptive language is about understanding language from others, orthography is the spelling system and letter conventions, and a phoneme is the smallest sound unit in speech. Metacognition is the one that specifically involves regulating your own thinking and learning.

Metacognition is thinking about your own thinking and learning strategies, including planning, monitoring what you understand, and adjusting approaches as needed. This awareness lets you judge whether you’re grasping a concept and change tactics—like re-reading, summarizing, asking questions, or trying a different problem-solving method—to improve learning. Receptive language is about understanding language from others, orthography is the spelling system and letter conventions, and a phoneme is the smallest sound unit in speech. Metacognition is the one that specifically involves regulating your own thinking and learning.