SLA RESEARCH ON SELF-DIRECTION: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES



OAXACA/97 PROJECT

INPUT SESSION # 5


Metacognitive knowledge

]1^Sel !'-directed learning process


2. Being aware (Metacognitive knowledge)

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2.1 Being aware........of what?

Metacognitive knowledge

Definition

Metacognitive knowledge is the segment of your stored knowledge that has to do with
people as cognitive creatures, and with their diverse cognitive tasks, goals, actions and experiences
(Flavell, 1979,906)

2.2 Categories of metacognitive knowledge

PERSONA:

It refers to all the knowledge and beliefs about people as cognitive beings (from different perspectives:
affective, perceptual, motivational, etc)

There are three possibilities:

Intraindividual differences:

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