Question

Addie has weekly spelling tests. on monday, she gets the list of 10 words and realizes she knows how to spell four of the words. rather than studying these four words, she spends tuesday and wednesday studying the six new words. on wednesday evening, she quizzes herself on the six words and learns she now knows how to spell three more. thursday, she studies the three words she still did not know how to spell. friday morning before the spelling test, she quizzes herself on all 10 words and correctly spells all 10 words. addie's ability to evaluate the task of learning words and monitor and adjust her performance throughout the learning process is due to _____. metacognition

Answer 1

You are right, the correct answer is metacognition. Metacognition is the ability to regulate one's own learning processes. This process requires many and more superior cognitive skills, such as self-regulation, control, and compliance.