Metacognition – Knowing About Knowing - Hardcover

Metcalfe, Janet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0262132982 ISBN 13: 9780262132985

Publisher: MIT Press, 1994

Synopsis

This text offers an up-to-date compendium of major scientific issues involved in metacognition. The 12 original contributions provide a concise statement of theoretical and empirical research on self-reflective processes, or knowing about what we know. Self-reflective processes are often thought to be central to what we mean by consciousness and the personal self. Without such processes, one would presumably respond to stimuli in an automatized and environmentally bound manner - that is, without the characteristic pattems of behavior and introspection that are manifested as plans, strategies, reflections, self-control, self-monitoring and intelligence.

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Review

-- Timothy J. Perfect, "Contemporary Psychology"

" This volume provides the reader with an interesting and accessible summary of the latest work in a field (metacognition) that has only recently re-emerged as a major focus of research interest. Researchers seeking an overview and teachers wanting a source text to update their lectures will find this a useful read." -- Timothy J. Perfect, "Contemporary Psychology"

& quot; This volume provides the reader with an interesting and accessible summary of the latest work in a field (metacognition) that has only recently re-emerged as a major focus of research interest. Researchers seeking an overview and teachers wanting a source text to update their lectures will find this a useful read.& quot; -- Timothy J. Perfect, Contemporary Psychology

"This volume provides the reader with an interesting and accessible summary of the latest work in a field (metacognition) that has only recently re-emerged as a major focus of research interest. Researchers seeking an overview and teachers wanting a source text to update their lectures will find this a useful read."--Timothy J. Perfect, "Contemporary Psychology"

From the Back Cover

'Metacognition' offers an up-to-date compendium of major scientific issues involved in metacognition. The twelve original contributions provide a concise statement of theoretical and empirical research on self-reflective processes, or knowing about what we know.

Edition details

• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262132982
• ISBN 13: 9780262132985
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350