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metacognition

noun meta·cog·ni·tion \ -käg-ˈni-shən \

Definition of metacognition

: awareness or analysis of one's own learning or thinking processes

research on metacognition … has demonstrated the value of monitoring one's own cognitive processes
—Colette A. Daiute

Recent Examples of metacognition from the Web

Miyamoto says that this new technique will pave the way for the study of metamemory in other animals, and even humans—and will allow researchers to look more closely at the different types of metacognition.

— ben panko, Smithsonian, "A Wise Monkey Knows How Little He Knows," 13 Jan. 2017

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First Known Use of metacognition

1972

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