Re: Module 3 DQ 2 rely 7 

Write an initial substantive response of 50 words in length. Begin your response with a restatement of the question/prompt, and include in-text citation(s) and a reference for each scholarly source used according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide located in the Student Success Center. The restatement of the question/prompt, the references, and the citations are not included in your response word count.

Re:Module 4 DQ 2 rely 7

Karleen Goerke

Metacognition is thinking about thinking. What are some of the benefits of metacognition and why is it important for doctoral learners to understand their metacognitive processes?

Part 1 

Such an interesting discussion topic, having just finished teaching a class on evidence based practice for the pre-licensure accelerated nursing students. As I teach them to think through decisions, identify information needed, understand process of assumptions, and justify the end result, they have learned. I believe that metacognition has the benefit of understanding, growth, reasoning, and knowledge.

In the nursing profession, Barbara Carper’s seminal work in 1978 has given us a framework to think about knowing and therefore, about thinking.  Unlike many other professions it is not purely focused on scientific or “empiric” knowledge but rather other ways we think, learn, and come to know. These other methods are ethical, aesthetic, and personal. 

Reference 

Carper, B. A. (1978). Fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing. Advances in nursing science, 1{\), 13-23.