Develop Your Metacognitive Skills
Metacognitive skills are generally practiced and developed while performing another activity. This lesson discussed activities that can be applied in the classroom, but metacognitive skills can also be applied to any situation involving a complex problem that is personally challenging. For instance, learning a new skill like riding a bike, learning to cook, or solving a challenging puzzle can all benefit from the metacognitive process. Just as in classroom activities, metacognitive skills can be developed before, during, and after engaging in these activities.

Assignment
In this assignment, you will choose a complex problem that you plan on completing. This activity can be something that you are assigned for another course, or it can be an outside activity that you are doing for pleasure. You can choose the assignment that is most interesting to you, but it must be a complex problem that is challenging to you. If the problem is too simple, it won't require you to think too deeply about your own thought processes. Once you have chosen an activity, you will develop five preassessment questions, five questions that you can answer while you are engaged in the activity, and five postassessment questions. You will then answer each of your questions at the appropriate time while you complete your chosen activity.

To complete this assignment, you will:

Choose a complex activity in which you will engage during this assignment. Write a five-word description of the task.
Write the following questions designed to develop your metacognitive skills:
five before questions
five during questions
five after questions
You may use the questions in this lesson as a guide for developing your own set of questions. You may also use outside sources to develop the questions. However, the questions should be specific to the activity that you have chosen.

Complete your chosen activity, and answer each of your questions at the appropriate time.
To complete your assignment, submit the following:

Your 150-word summary of your chosen task.
A set of 15 questions.
Your answers to each of the 15 questions.
A list of any references you used during the assignment.

Question # 1
Long Text (essay)
Choose a complex activity in which you will engage during this assignment and write a five-word description of the task.

Develop five pre-assessment questions, five questions that you can answer while you are engaged in the activity, and five post-assessment questions. You will then answer each of your questions at the appropriate time while you complete your chosen activity.

Submit your activity description and fifteen questions and answers.