The Metacognitive Strategies of Students in the Literacy Process

The present study aims to identify and categorize the predominant metacognitive strategies in children in the process of literacy helping literacy teachers to rethink their classroom practice. To understand the learning processes cognitivist authors such as Juan Ignacio Pozo (2002; 2004); Guy Claxton (2002); John D. Bransford Ann L. Brown and Rodney R. Cocking (2007) as a reference. For studies on metacognition the assumptions of Flavell (1999) Mayor (1995) Burón (1996) Mateos (2001) and Portilho (2004 2006) were consulted. The metacognitive strategies researched refer to how children self-regulate when planning supervising and evaluating reading and writing activities.