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metacognitive

[ met-uh-kog-ni-tiv ]
/ ˌmɛt əˈkɒg nɪ tɪv /
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having to do with metacognition, high-level thinking that enables understanding: The students are disengaged from the curriculum, and they have not gained a metacognitive understanding of the material.
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