13 Intelligent Behaviors

INTELLIGENT
BEHAVIORS:
LEARNING TO BE A
BETTER LEARNER
WMSU
Knowing the "self "is not enough.
Since "you are" is partly made up of
your choices you must also have the
ability to choose especially to be
better "you".
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METACOGNITION
“THINKING ABOUT THINKING”
The internal master control of thinking behavior
designed to make sure that learning takes place
It includes both the knowledge of cognition and the
regulation of cognition.
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Some people learn better because:
• They like the topic.

• They challenge by the topic.
• They have reward system after finished task.
The emotional and motivation state is the ideal state for

that person in order to further facilitate his learning.
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Two aspects of metacognition:
1. SELF-APPRAISAL means is your personal

reflection on your knowledge and capabilities.
2. SELF-MANAGEMENT is the mental process you
employ using what have in planning adapting in a
successfully learn to or accomplished a certain
task.
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METACOGNITION elements:
1. METACOGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE what you know about how you think.
Variables that affect how you know as a thinker:
A) First the personal variables which is your evaluation to your strength and
weaknesses in learning
B) Secondly the task variables this is what you know and what you think about
the nature of the task and the task requires.
C) Lastly refers to what strategies or skills you already have in dealing with
certain task
2. METACOGNITIVE REGULATION means on how you adjust your thinking

process to help you learn better. 6
According to Waterloo Student Success Office here are Metacognitive
skills:
1. KNOWING YOUR LIMITS - it is very important here to be honest and

accurate evaluation of what you know and what you do not know.
2. MODIFYING YOUR APPROACH - It begins with recognition that your
strategy is not appropriate with the task or that you do not comprehend the
learning experience successfully.
3. SKIMMING - This is basically browsing over the material and keeping an
eye on keywords, phrase or sentence. It is also about knowing where to
search for such key terms.
4. REHEARSING - This is not just all about repeatedly talking ,writing or doing
what you have learn but trying also to make a personal interpretation or
summary of your learning experience.
5. SELF-TEST - This is to test your comprehension of your learning
experience or skill you have acquired during learning.
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Other strategies:
• asking questions about your methods

• Self-reflection
• finding a mentor or support if necessary
• thinking out loud
• "welcoming errors" for clarification
• Having more positive towards mistakes
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You can identify four types of metacognitive learners
such as:
1. "tacit" learners who are unaware of their metacognitive process

although they know the extent of their knowledge .
2. "aware" those who learners know some of their metacognitive
strategies but do not plan on how to use these techniques .
3. " strategic" those who strategize and plan their course of
action toward a learning experience .
4. "reflective" learners reflect on their thinking while they are using
the strategies and adapt metacognitive skills depending on their
situation .
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14 INTELLIGENT BEHAVIORS
Performance can be greatly influenced by one‟s behavior. Behavior is
defined as the manner in which a person conducts himself in different
circumstances.
Here are the following 14 intelligent behaviors indicative of an efficient and
effective problem-solver, many of w/c were originally compiled by Costa
[2000]:
1. Persistence – not giving up

2. Overcoming impulsiveness –involves planning, clarifying,
exploring, and considering
3. Listening to other – listen to another person
4. Flexibility in thinking
5. Metacognition – awareness of how one is thinking 10
6. Checking for accuracy and precision
7. Questioning and problem-posing
8. Applying past knowledge to new situation
9. Precision of language and thought – provide criteria for value
judgments
10. Using all the senses
11. Creativity – applying ingenuity, originality and insight
12.Living w/ a sense of wonderment –behave in an inquisitiveness,
curiosity, openness to beauty, intricacy, complexity and simplicity
13. Cooperation
14. Sense of Humor
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Other tips that you can use in studying are the
following:
1. Make an outline of things you want to learn

2. Break down the task in smaller and more manageable details
3. Integrate variation in your schedule and learning experience.
4. Try to inculcate your ideas.
5. Revise, summarize and take down notes the reread them to help
you minimize cramming in the last minute
6. Engage what you have learned.
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A FRIENDLY
REMINDER:
• “A good learning strategy is to look
outside of class for information that
will help you better understand
something you learned in class. Using
all available resources is the mark of a
good student.”
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INTELLIGENT

• They like the topic.

The emotional and motivation state is the ideal state for

1. SELF-APPRAISAL means is your personal

Variables that affect how you know as a thinker:

2. METACOGNITIVE REGULATION means on how you adjust your thinking

1. KNOWING YOUR LIMITS - it is very important here to be honest and

• asking questions about your methods

1. "tacit" learners who are unaware of their metacognitive process

1. Persistence – not giving up

1. Make an outline of things you want to learn

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