webquest, metacognition, automaticity and cognitive load.

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Possible was to foster metacognition:

Learning how to learn.
Constructing connection between previous and new knowledge.
Promote learning environment.
Improve memory and attention with cognitive training games.
Promoting metacognition through negotiated assessment.
Engaging the students in activities that require reflection.
Group work and discussion time.
Identify what the students will be learning.
Explain them why it is meaningful or important what the students will be learning by giving relatives examples.
A brief description about what will be taught.
Help monitor progress, and then help students reflect on the assignment.
Explain them what they will have to achieve, the goals.

In your own words, what is “automaticity” and “cognitive load?”

Automaticity

Is the state which an individual perform common task without having to use a great effort or concentration. It is an spontaneous ability that we do every day, they are common activities, such as walking, speaking, riding and driving a car. It´ s an spontaneous reaction or stimulus which we don´t have to use a great effort to do it, you know have to do it because you get this by practice, repetition and learning. 

Cognitive load:

This is the capacity of the brain to understand something, to perceive something, to problem solving, or juggling things in memory, where the total amount of the brain is imposed of working memory, and the volume of learning that is expected of the students in a particular unit of time.