metacognitive

[met-uh-kog-ni-tiv]

adjective

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of metacognitive¹

meta- + cognitive ( def. )

Example Sentences

These observations suggested that familial environment was more likely to influence metacognitive abilities than genetics.

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They are metacognitive signs that our model-building is going well, that we have succeeded in resolving uncertainty about the world using our own thinking and actions.

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You've got this very pure sensation that you know something and that feeling that you know something is metacognitive.

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Specifically, we adapted a method called metacognitive training from schizophrenia research and created a self-paced online version of the intervention.

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It trains patients in “metacognitive skills” such as observing their own thought processes, identifying situations where they’re prone to make cognitive errors, and reflecting on how to approach a new task.

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