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DEFINITIONS:
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS ARE CONSTRUCTIVE IN NATURE, ENGAGING
LEARNERS IN ‘SENSE-MAKING’ OR REASONING ABOUT EXTENSIVE
RESOURCE SETS (HANNAFIN, LAND AND OLIVER,1999)
THE DOMAIN WHERE LEARNING TAKES PLACE AND HOW IT IMPACTS UPON
LEARNING. (TAMEZ AND SURLES,2004)
IT HAS BEEN POSTULATED THAT
INDIVIDUALS WHO EMPLOY
METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIES ARE MORE
SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING THEIR
LEARNING GOALS IN ANY TYPE OF
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
METACOGNITION CONSISTS OF TWO BASIC PROCESSES OCCURRING
SIMULTANEOUSLY:
1.MONITORING YOUR PROGRESS AS YOU LEARN AND MAKING CHANGES AND
2. ADAPTING YOUR STRATEGIES IF YOU PERCEIVE YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL.
RESEARCH QUESTION:
HOW EFFECTIVE ARE METACOGNITIVE
STRATEGIES IN LEARNING THE BASICS OF
CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT BY SOMEONE
WHO IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH SUCH
PROCESSES?
METACOGNITION MAY BE THOUGHT OF AS CONSISTING OF THE
FOLLOWING:
• DEVELOPING A PLAN OF ACTION.
• MAINTAINING OR MONITORING THE PLAN WITH ACTION.
• EVALUATING PLAN