Consider a second grade math lesson plan on solving addition problems with three or more addends. The objective for the lesson and the Tennessee state standards are listed below.
Objective:
The student will solve addition problems using three addends.
0206.2.3: Use efficient and accurate strategies to develop fluency with multi-digit addition and subtraction
SPI 0206.2.10: Add three two-digit numbers.
Several metacognitive skills and abilities are involved as students gain knowledge in this domain. Covert learning strategies, such as identifying important information and comprehension monitoring, are certainly involved in this lesson plan. Students must understand the key concepts and ideas involved in the addition process. I will assist my students in identifying important information by writing the objective for the lesson on the board and reading it aloud to the class. Comprehension monitoring will also be involved because my students will need to be able to self-monitor. They will not know that they understand how to solve this new type of addition problem without being able to monitor for comprehension. Finally, students will use transfer and problem-solving skills (such as algorithms) in order to gain knowledge from this lesson. Students will already know how to solve simple addition problems. They will merely apply this knowledge to new, complex addition problems. This type of transfer is known as specific transfer. Problem-solving skills, such as algorithms, will also be used because students will learn that following a specific sequence of steps will help them to find the right answer.
The following video is a metacognition song performed by an elementary school classroom. This seems like a great way to introduce the concept to younger students.
I like your use of transfer in this case, because I think we often neglect it as a cognitive process and hope it just happens. Great insight into it's uses.
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