The authors describe a constructionist theory that accounts for the knowledge-based
inferences that are constructed when readers comprehend narrative text. Readers …

Researchers from a variety of disciplines have collected verbal protocols of reading as a
window on conscious reading processes. Because such work has occurred in different …

In this chapter, I provide argument and evidence that the scope of people's ignorance is
often invisible to them. This meta-ignorance (or ignorance of ignorance) arises because lack …

We constructed a 52-item inventory to measure adults′ metacognitive awareness. Items
were classified into eight subcomponents subsumed under two broader categories …

Two questions were addressed:“What are students' beliefs about the nature of knowledge?”
and “How do these beliefs affect comprehension?” In Experiment 1, an epistemological …

Research from numerous corners of psychological inquiry suggests that self-assessments of
skill and character are often flawed in substantive and systematic ways. We review empirical …

Metacognition is the first textbook to focus on people's extraordinary ability to evaluate and
control their cognitive processes. This comprehensive text covers both theoretical and …

Background Recently, there has been a shift from using lecture‐based teaching methods in
undergraduate engineering courses to using more learner‐centered teaching approaches …

הספר מטה קוגניציה מציע אוסף מעודכן של נושאים מדעיים מרכזיים המעורבים במטה קוגניציה. שנים עשר
המאמרים מספקים הצהרה של מחקר אמפירי ותאורטי על תהליכים של מחשבה עצמית, או הידיעה מה אנו …‎

Anyone sufficiently motivated to take an undergraduate or graduate course in this area
should find [in this book] a great deal to intrigue the imagination and stimulate further interest …