PENTINGNYA KEMAMPUAN METAKOGNITIF SISWA SEKOLAH DASAR SEBAGAI GENERASI EMAS
Abstract
As a golden generation, primary students should be able to get themselves in line with 21st century with variety of skills. One of the skills the students should possess is critical thinking skills. Critical thinking is highly related with metacognitive ability. Students who possess high metacognitive skills will eventually exhibit a high critical thinking ability as well. They are also able to control and manage their own learning activities. Metacognitive ability is the ability of students in the process of behaviour (activity) and thinking (mental processes) to improve the learning process along with the memory. Metacognitive ability is considered as a crucial concept in cognitive theory. Cognitive theory puts an emphasis on the importance of the learning process. This theory delineates that learning is an internal process that covers several aspects i.e. memory, information processing, emotions, and other psychological aspects. Therefore, it can be inferred that metacognitive ability will enable students to control the learning process. Metacognitive ability covers several phases i.e. planning stage, choosing a proper strategy which in line with the problem occurs, observing and conducting a correction at the same time during the process of understanding the concept, analysing the effectiveness of the chosen strategy-solving.
Key words : Metacognitive ability, primary students, golden generation
