GACE Elementary Education II Practice Test

Metacognitive skills involve planning how to approach a task, monitoring your understanding as you work, and evaluating the effectiveness of your strategy after you solve it. Self-assessment is a key aspect because it requires judging whether your method is helping you reach the goal and making adjustments if needed. For example, while solving a problem, you might ask yourself if your steps make sense and whether the answer seems reasonable; if not, you change tactics. This differs from terms that refer to physical health or to conversation, which do not describe thinking about one’s own thinking or problem-solving processes.