Phase | Purpose | Metacognitive component attribute |
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Phase I: Awareness and Experiences Weeks 1–3 | To engage students’ beliefs about themselves as learners and about effective study strategies To encourage students to reflect on experiences they have had while learning and introduce students to metacognition | Metacognitive Knowledge/experiences • Self-efficacy • Nature of intelligence • Goal orientation • Knowledge of cognition—introduction to cognitive science/metacognition |
Phase II: Skills Weeks 4–7 | To introduce selected metacognitive learning strategies To encourage students to reflect on learning strategies they have used in the past | Metacognitive Skills • Task strategies—includes reading strategies, concept maps, note taking, study cycle and directed paraphrasing • Time management • Help seeking • Metacognitive self-monitoring |
Phase III: Application Weeks 8–10 | To practice previously introduced strategies with chemistry content | Metacognitive actions • Goal setting—revising goals and adjusting schedule based on performance in course • Self-evaluation—practice with self-assessment methods while solving chemistry problems • Task strategies—practice constructing concept maps and using directed paraphrasing |