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Metacognition: About knowing that you know or not

Metacognition: About knowing that you know or not

How do we know that we know and how much we know?

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Neelendra Nath
Mar 14, 2022
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Cognition can be used to mean awareness or knowledge. Meta is used to mean behind or beyond in a referential manner. So, etymologically Metacognition means what is behind the knowledge, although in a self referential manner.

In the simplest word, metacognition is knowing your own knowledge.

American poet Maya Angelou in context of knowing your past had …

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