Quiz/Test Corrections: (Metacognition)
Metacognition is the “awareness or analysis of one's own learning or thinking processes.” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metacognition
To improve your grade on an assignment, follow the rules for metacognition.
1) Get approval from Ms. Richardson to do metacognition for that assignment.
2) Write, DO NOT TYPE, the question and the correct answer for every incorrect answer for the entire assignment on a separate piece of paper.
3) Write an explanation of why you thoughtthe incorrect answerwas correct. Just saying “I guessed,” or “I don’t know” is not good enough. There is some reason why you decided on that answer.
4) Explain why the incorrect answer is wrong and the correct answer is right. To receive credit you must convey to me that you now understand the material, and have corrected your way of thinking. For example- If the answer was incessant, and your answer was tenacious, a good correction would be: I thought that incessant and tenacious were the same thing because both of them are adjectives, and they have similar meanings. Incessant means never stopping, and tenacious means persistent. I know now that incessant implies that something continues, and sometimes it just occurs. Tenacious, on the other hand, is more of an attitude. Usually, people or animals are described as tenacious – not inanimate objects. A correction like that shows me that you don’t just have the correct word, but understand your mistake, and know it well enough not to make that mistake again.
5) You can receive up to half the points you lost for each question, depending on how well you show that you have learned the concept and changed your thinking on the topic. A poorly done correction may earn zero points.
Good Correction:
The best way to avoid sentences that confuse your teacher and hamper readability is to read your paper aloud.
I chose intricate because it means “difficult to understand,” so I thought it would work. I realize now that hamper is a verb, which I needed for this sentence. It means “to hold back.” Intricate is an adjective. It does not modify anything in this placement in the sentence structure.
Poor Correction:
The best way to avoid sentences that confuse your teacher and hamper readability is to read your paper aloud.
I chose intricate because I was not sure, and I used all of the other words. I should have studied longer.