Metacognition

This is seeing inside our own thought processes: the process of metacognition means thinking about thinking. Four elements of metacognition are most important: being aware of memory and cognitive capacity limitations, having the ‘big picture’ [a holistic view], ability to self-critique, and strategy selection (Klein, 1998: 158). Metacognition is explained in greater detail by Forrester-Pressley, et al., (1985).