SIOP LESSON PLAN (SIOP) Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol, a model that enable the students to succed in learning while developing their abilities in English language skills.  

Summary from the class, Metacognition  ( may 16, 2012)

METACOGNITION = thinking about thinking about your learning process or your teaching process

-Psycholiguistics

-autonomy

-Awareness = improving = concentration, time management, task achievement, motivation.

- Strategic reasoning = improving visual organization, peer work, underlining, dictionary skills, online practice.

Working memory, when concentration is low, to acquire the input, depends on the strategies (input 100%)

Short term memory that is the percent left from the working memory, (10%) (If you want more percent, it depends on the strategies)

Long term memory, the other percent left from short term memory. (2%) (If you want more percent, it depends on the strategies)

The acquiring of the input, depends on the strategies that the teacher is going to apply.

Teacher has to apply:

STRATEGY= ( metacognitive reflexion)=

Learning Style = Cognitive tempo = different intelligences, ex: linguistic, logial mathematical, spatial, etc.

Modeling = Thinking, aloud protocol.

METACOGNITION

Metacognition is associated with intelligence, is the ability to control one's cognitive processes which enables anyone to have a successful learning, it is associated with “thinking about thinking”, it involves active control on the congnitive process of learning.
Metacognition is the ability to allocate your own cognitive resources properly.

We are engaged with metacognition in many activities such as monitoring comprehension, evaluating and how to approach to a given learning task.

(Because metacognition plays a critical role in successful learning, it is important to study metacognitive activity and development to determine how students can be taught to better apply their cognitive resources through metacognitive control.)

We will find several distinctions between definitions of metacognition, but all of them emphasize the role of executive processes in the overseeing and regulation of cognitive processes.

The term "metacognition" is most often associated with John Flavell, (1979), acording to him, metacognition consists in Metacognitive knowledge and Metacognitive experiences or regulation.

Metacognitive  knowledge refers to acquired knowledge, that can be used to control cognitive processes and Flavell divides it in three categories which are:

- Knowledge of person variables = we all learn in different ways.

-Task variables = the nature of the task will afect each individual differently.

- Strategy variables = include knowledge about cognitive and metacognitive strategies, as well as conditional knowledge about when and where it is appropriate to use such strategies.

Metacognitive experiences it involves metacognitive strategies or metacognitive regulation, and are sequential processes that the student uses to control cognitive activities, and to ensure that a cognitive goal has been met.

Cognitive vs. Metacognitive Strategies

According to Flavell, the distinction between metacognitive knowledge and cognitive knowledge lies in how the information is used.

Cognitive Strategies are used to help an individual to achieve a particular goal, for example, understanding a text.

Metagognition, as we mention before, is referred to “thinking about thinking” so,

Metacognitive strategies are used to ensure that the cognitive goal has been met, for example, quizzing oneself to evaluate one´s understanding of the text.

Metacognitive and cognitive strategies may overlap in the same strategy, because both strategies are closely related and dependent upon each other.

Metacognition and Intelligence

Sternberg, (1984, 1986) maintains that the ability to appropriately allocate cognitive resources, such as deciding how and when a given task should be accomplished, is central to intelligence because metacognition is the ability to control one´s cognitive processes (self-regulation).

He refers to Meta components as executive processes in his triarchic theory of intelligence, and the Meta components are executive processes that control other cognitive components as well as receive feedback from them.

Metacognition and Cognitive Strategy Instruction

Most of the individuals are engaged in metacognitive regulation when confronted with a cognitive task but some of them are more metacognitive than others. Even though any normal individual is able to learn how to better regulate their cognitive activities.

Metacognition holds several implications for instructional interventions, such as teaching students how to be more aware of their learning processes and products as well as how to regulate those processes for more effective learning.

Metacognition Lesson Plan

CATEDRA I

In our consideration the textbook Move ahead is a very good instrument for English Teaching. During the evaluation we found out that it contains a very authentic teenager language and material. However there is a huge lack of locally culture adapted material. The four learning skills are covered, especially reading and writing. In our opinion the grammar part covers the objectives very well because in each unit special grammar exercises are offered and at the end of the book we can find a grammar summary for doubts and enforcement. The book has a very easy structure with a lot of visuals which we think it is very useful to get students attention. We have to point out that the book would be difficult to buy as we couldn’t find it available in local book stores. As conclusion we think as future English teachers that this student’s book is a very good option to work with. Furthermore we should add other teaching material and use the book as a complement.

PAIRWORK

Textbook Evaluation "Move Ahaed"

with Bárbara Valenzuela

pp	Objectives explicitly laid out in and introduction and implemented in the material
X X	Approach educationally and socially acceptable to target community
pp	Clear attractive layout; print easy to read
pp	Appropriate visual materials available
pp	Interesting topics and tasks
p	Varied topics and tasks, so as to provide for different learner levels, learning styles, interests, etc.
p	Clear instructions
?	Systematic coverage of syllabus
p	Content clearly organized and graded ( sequenced by difficulty)
X	Periodic review and test sections
p	Plenty of authentic language
pp	Good pronunciation explanation and practice
p	Good vocabulary explanation and practice
pp	Good grammar presentation and practice
p	Fluency practice in all four skills
pp	Encourages learners to develop own learning strategies and to become independent in their learning
?	Adequate guidance for the teacher; not too heavy  Preparation load
pp	Audio cassettes
X	Readily available locally