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Classroom application of Metacognitive strategies
The book my Saundra Yancy McGuire and Stephen McGuire, TEACH YOURSELF HOW TO LEARN, is a guide that helps learners acquire knowledge by using stepwise strategies. In this essay, McGuire’s Metacognitive learning strategies at work is the actual application of cognitive abilities by students in actual reading.
McGuire outlines ten major strategies to optimize the student’s academic performance. The first one is previewing text for familiarization. Next, the learner preview steroids to come up with leading ideas about the books. After that, next is paraphrasing for understanding the texts. The first three are the foremost powerful strategies. Flashcards and maps involve reading using textbooks. Learners are encouraged to learn from the cover to the last page then take notes from class by hands as this will increase understanding of the book. Learners then need to use their homework to test what they have learned without using actual solved examples. Learners can create imagined audiences to test their grasp of the content of the book. Next, students form groups or can work in pairs to share knowledge, learn from one another, and also correct mistakes they may have made. Groups will speed up their metacognitive capacities. The final step is to practice exams by finding out what will be on the paper. It is done by creating an outline of a review or learner created, supplement optional problems, or form groups and assign each student with a particular topic. The above strategies make McGuire’s primary center for the focus of learning. The step should be followed in bits, but the first three are the most important.