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What is metacognitive regulation?
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Metacognitive regulation is monitoring your thinking, adjusting it when needed, and evaluating the outcome.
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Study 5 Monitoring and Improving Problem Solving with 12 free online flashcards. Review key terms, definitions, and concepts with this interactive flashcard deck.
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What should you establish before solving?
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State the goal and the conditions a solution must meet, then set checkpoints to compare your progress with them.
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What makes a progress checkpoint useful?
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Compare current evidence with the goal and decide what to do next; monitoring is most useful when it guides a decision.
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What should you do when progress stalls?
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Identify the obstacle, such as missing information, a mistaken assumption, or an unproductive strategy, and choose a specific next step.
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What should you do when problem conditions change?
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Check whether your original understanding and plan still fit the problem, then adjust them if needed.
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What is a problem representation?
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It is a working account of the starting situation, desired outcome, relevant facts, constraints, and possible actions.
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Name two forms a problem representation can take.
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It can take the form of a paraphrase, diagram, table, equation, timeline, or causal map.
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When should you revise a problem representation?
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Revise it when facts conflict, a constraint is missing, a prediction fails, or new information changes the situation.
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How can revising a representation change problem solving?
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A revised representation can reveal strategies that the original representation concealed; it can change how the problem is approached.
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How do you test whether a solution works?
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Check whether it produces the intended result and whether its reasoning or calculation can be checked independently.
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What does it mean for a solution to fit?
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Check whether it meets every stated constraint and is supported by adequate evidence.
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How can you tell whether a solution holds up?
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Ask whether it would still work if reasonable assumptions or conditions changed.
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