Calvin is 7 years old and in second grade. Given children's typical metacognitive abilities at different age levels, which one of the following is most likely to be true of Calvin?
a. He realizes that mastering a topic might take him considerable time and practice.
b. He believes that people's conflicting opinions about a topic may all be right to some degree.
c. He is overly optimistic about how much he can learn and remember in a short time period.
d. He recognizes that learning is an active, constructive process.
Question 2
Many children lack metacognitive knowledge. This is reflected in the fact that they:
a. Don't know very much about how to learn
b. Have difficulty with such mathematical concepts as proportions and negative numbers
c. Are easily distracted by other children playing outside the classroom window
d. Don't perform very well on intelligence test items requiring abstract thinking
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