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Active supervision of the problem-solving process. Covers Schoenfeld's control layer, Ann Brown's self-regulation moves, planning-monitoring-evaluating cycle, time budgeting, strategy switching, and the "what am I doing and why?" check. Use continuously alongside any solving activity to avoid wandering, dead ends, and unproductive grinding.
Passed 18 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 12 of 23 without it.
and 6 more in the full report
8 fixed10 passed either way3 still failing2 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 8 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
A student solving an organic chemistry synthesis problem wants to verify whether their current working session is producing real headway or if they should halt. What three specific progress indicators should they check during an active monitoring pause?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Evaluates progress using the check of whether the solver is closer to the goal than 5 minutes ago. | Missed | Passed |
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Metacognition is thinking about your thinking. In problem solving, it is the supervisor process that interrupts execution to ask: "Am I still on the right track? Is my current activity the best use of this moment? Do I need to reconsider?" Schoenfeld's research on mathematical problem solving shows that novices who grind for 20 minutes on a dead end outperform instantly when taught to pause every 2-3 minutes and check. This skill is the catalog of the checks.
Agent affinity: brown-ps (self-regulation, reciprocal teaching), schoenfeld (control layer), polya-ps (review phase)
Concept IDs: prob-problem-representation, prob-adaptive-management, prob-uncertainty-management, prob-trial-error-iteration
Metacognition decomposes into three phases:
These run nested inside problem solving, not alongside it.
Goal: Set the meta-level frame for the solving session.
Operations:
A solver who starts without a plan is already in a dead end.
Goal: Continuously check that the current activity is the right activity.
The core check — every 2-5 minutes, ask:
test cases passed, vs 12 / 23 without
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