Volume III Special Issue I January 2023

Name of Author : Dr. Md. Afroz Alam

Title of the paper : Analysis of Historical Development of Metacognitive Theories

Abstract: As an applied science, educational psychology studies human behavior in educational setting for the purpose of increasing rate of learning. It is the application of psychological theories and principles into education. Many new teaching and learning strategies have been developed on the basis of psychological theories of learning and developments. Educational psychology and research are related fields. The research in both the fields ultimately affects education. In order to conduct researches in education and training, the principles of educational psychology are applied. The need for research guidance for the young people today is probably greater than it has been in the history of our country. The teacher trainees of the colleges of education and research scholars of education at university are the future teachers of our country. So the present study is an attempt to acquaint the teacher trainees and researcher. According to Flavell 1979 Metacognition has a number of concrete effects on learning. It plays an important role in oral comprehension, reading comprehension, problem solving, attention, memory, social cognition, personality development, communication and various types of self-control and self-instruction which are key concerns for school. In this paper, I examined many resources and cited studies to answer the some questions that arose from study of the literature under the following objectives • To know the historical development of Metacognitive theories • To understand the sources of Metacognitive theories • To describe the knowledge with reference to Metacognitive theories

Keywords : Analysis, Historical development, Metacognitive theories, Metacognitive knowledge, Educational psychology.

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Page Number : 42-48