When and Where Did I Find It: This isn't the first time that I've heard this word. I think recently encountered it in the reading of Billmeyer and Barton's book Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (1998).
Full Citation: Billmeyer, A., & Barton, M. L. (1998). Teaching reading in the content areas, if not me, then who?. teacher's manual. Assn for Supervision & Curriculum.
What it Means: The authors state that "metacognition" one's "ability to think about and to control his thnking process before, during, and after reading" (Billmeyer & Barton, 1998, p.3). Dictionary.com defines metacognition as "Thinking about one's own mental processes." Basically, thinking about one's own thinking.
Level of Familiarity: As stated previously, I am pretty familiar with this word as I should be considering it's a big part of the literacy process!
Do I Want/Need to Know This Word Well? Why?: As stated above, it's important to the literacy processes to know and understand this word.
Should Others Know This Word Well? Why? I think that others need to be familiar with the word. I think that the concept and the process that the word represents is more important. For example, Billmeyer and Barton (1998) state that "How well a reader comprehends a text is...dpendent on metacognition" (p.3). I'd say it's a good word/ process/ skill to know and use!
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