Metacognition: Examples, Skills & Why It Makes You a Better Learner
Metacognition is the ability to monitor and control your own thinking and learning processes — often described simply as “thinking about thinking.” When you pause mid-study session and realize you’ve been reading on autopilot without absorbing anything, then decide to slow down and re-read, that moment of self-awareness is metacognition in action. First formally defined by developmental psychologist John Flavell...
