Many Children Lack Metacognitive Knowledge

question 1

Multiple Choice

Many children lack metacognitive knowledge. This is most directly reflected in the fact that they:

• A) Tend to be easily distracted from schoolwork
• B) Have difficulty with such mathematical concepts as proportions and negative numbers
• C) Don't know very much about how they can best learn something
• D) Don't do very well on intelligence test items requiring abstract thought

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