Teaching metacognition

Metacognition Metacognition is the practice of teaching and encouraging students to think about thinking and how they learn best. Metacognition occurs before, during, and after learning and involves self-reflective questions around comprehension, connection, strategies, and reflection. Metacognition was originally rolled out in 2015. These materials were revised and updated in summer, 2017. Metacognition Learning Objectives […]

Teaching children to think about their thinking, to use metacognition, is essential to their learning. This is because when children can use metacognitive strategies to...

Wondering what is metacognitive strategy? Wondering how to use metacognitive strategies in your classroom? Check out this blog post with an explanation of what metacognitive strategy is and how you can use it easily in your classroom. #mindroarteachingresources #blogpost

What is metacognition? Define metacognitive strategies for reflecting in education, learning & life: definitions, examples, skills & lesson

How often do you ask your students to think about thinking? If I am honest with myself, I have done it far less in the past than I am doing...

Inside: Here’s a little secret to self-regulated learning and massive success in life: teach your kids about metacognition – the power of thinking about thinking and the ability to improve it. Download the metacognitive thinking posters, exercises, and games below. One of the best parts of homeschooling for me is having time to teach my

Understanding Metacognition is essential for teachers guiding their students to a deeper understanding but what is it and how does it work?

Ages and ages ago (erm, July) I wrote about a goal for this year: incorporate a little bit of learning about learning in every class. (Why? Because, I’m with Gretchen Rubin: what you do every day matters more than once in a while) For me learning about learning encompasses: Information about brains, neuroscience, what happens … Continue reading "6 Tips to incorporate Learning about Learning"

Metacognition is not a higher form of thinking - it is a lateral cognitive process. It is stepping outside of the thinking that you are already doing and applying a separate cognitive process to the thinking already being applied. Some people like to say it is thinking about thinking though experts in this field say this phrase simplifies the concept a bit too much. While the idea might sound too far outside the box to some, or perhaps something only an expert in the field can do, it is…