University Presentation Showcase: Undergraduate Poster Gallery
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Creation Date
Spring 2016
Major
Jessica: Spanish Teaching & English Teaching; Rachel: History and English
Department
English and Theatre
Degree
Undergraduate
Mentor
Russell Carpenter
Mentor Department
English and Theatre
Abstract
Students can know themselves on many levels, one level being the cognitive level. One way through which students can know their cognitive selves better is through metacognition. Metacognition emphasizes the importance of students’ individual awareness of their personal learning styles and study habits as they relate to both understanding and retaining material.
We will report on the current number of Honors students who are currently using metacognitive strategies by using the “Student Learning Strategies Inventory” (Sweet, Blythe, Phillips, & Carpenter, 2016). From our research, we will understand how Honors students think about the learning process and how they apply it to their Honors studies by discovering how they use metacognition, if they learn from metacognition, and why it is important they continue to use metacognition. Furthermore, we will discuss why the Honors Program should increase its integration of metacognition into its courses.
