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- noun philosophy the act of
thinking about thinking;sentience
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The term metacognition means thinking about thinking.
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* '' 'Excerpt:' '' .... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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* '' 'Excerpt:' '' .... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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* '' 'Excerpt:' '' .... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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* '' 'Excerpt:' '' .... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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* '' 'Excerpt:' '' .... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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* '' 'Excerpt:' '' .... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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* '' 'Excerpt:' '' .... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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A potential trap of thinking about thinking - what we call metacognition - is that you can get stuck in a recursive loop where you are thinking about thinking about thinking, and so on - until it's like standing in a hall of mirrors.
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009
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'' '.... there are two core meanings of the term metacognition to which most researchers using that label often refer: monitoring and control of cognitive processes ....
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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