Thinking+about+our+thinking+(metacognition)

//It is important to think about your own learning strategies and to evaluate their effectiveness. Can you explain your own learning strategies? If you were asked “Tell us what went on in your head to come up with that conclusion? Would you say, “I don’t know I just did it”?// During our balancing equations unit, we had a quiz in class, which I scored 100% on. Mrs. Knowles notified our class that we will have other quizzes throughout this unit, but she will only record our best score. When the second quiz was handed out, I didn’t pay attention to it, completing it solely to get it over with. I ended up getting 1 question wrong instead of striving for full marks. Moreover, the activities my classmates were participating in distracted me. I’ve thought this over, and have evaluated my behavior. I learn and perform better under pressure, and my attitude towards the assignment affects the results significantly. Also, I have now concluded to pay attention to everything (assignment, quiz, test). I plan to give 110% of my effort in whatever I do in the future.
 * __Thinking about our thinking (metacognition)__**

This is the second quiz (the one which I got 1 wrong). As you can see, I got the first question incorrect. As you can see, the formula I used to solve the question is correct. However, I recorded the number of the result of the first step incorrectly, thus getting the final answer wrong. If I had paid more attention and double checked, I wouldn't have made that mistake!