Analysis of Metacognition of Prospective Teachers

Metacognition of the prospective teachers is the cognitive skill and the demand of modern education. Therefore, the present study analyzed metacognition of prospective teachers. The objectives of the study were to find out the perception of prospective teachers regarding the above mentioned construct, analyze demographic based metacognition of prospective teachers. To investigate metacognition, the scale of metacognition (30 items) was administered .The sample for the present study was 116 students enrolled in Department of Education Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan. In this study, the descriptive survey research design was used. The data were gathered through the survey method and by hard form of questionnaire. Further, the data were analyzed by using Microsoft Excel. Frequency, Percentage, Mean score, Standard deviation and z-test were computed. The results indicate that the most of the students show high levels of agreement towards metacognition. There was significant difference in gender while there was no significant difference in terms of hostelide students and day scholars for the metacognition. It was concluded that to fulfill the demand of modern education this skill should be taken into account when developing curriculum, planning teaching strategies and assessment of intended learning outcomes. The curriculum should be challenging, teacher use different techniques, and teachers assign challenging task to students which assess their cognitive skills.