As explained in this chapter, when your kindergarten teacher told you to put on your thinking cap, you were being invited to engage in metacognition.
We engage in metacognition when we think or are aware of our own thinking. For example, when you evaluate your own learning after a class, you are engaged in metacognition.
That is what our kindergarten teachers meant when they told us to "put on your thinking cap." They wanted us to be more aware of our learning process.
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