The Role of Metacognition in Strategic Learning. Critical Analysis and Exemplifications

Metacognition is often referred to as "thinking about thinking." It is a regulatory system that helps people understand and control their cognitive performance. Metacognition allows students to take charge of their own learning. It involves awareness of how they learn, an assessment of their learning needs, generating strategies to meet those needs, and then implementing the strategies (Hacker, 2009). Strategic learning represents that type of learning in which the learner consciously participates in the act of learning, is responsible for the learning process, and controls his efforts in the direction of building, using, and promoting particular, specific cognitive strategies, techniques, and tools, gains independence, learns how to learn independently and effectively.