There are no silver bullets in education but if there ever was a secret weapon educators can deploy to improve student learning, it’s metacognition. Metacognition is a meta-level awareness of ...

This post is by Mike Amarillas, a 12th Grade Engineering teacher ar High Tech High North County. Last week I experienced my first round of student-led conferences (SLCs) at High Tech High North County ...

Metacognition is a high order thinking skill that is emerging from the shadows of academia to take its rightful place in classrooms around the world. As online classrooms extend into homes, this is an ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Monitoring and controlling one's own learning process objectively is essential for improving one's learning abilities. This ability, often referred to as "learning to learn" or ...

The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is metacognition and why should teachers be concerned about it? Teachers hear the word metacognition a lot these days. We’re pushed to promote it among our ...

Most of my conversations about critical thinking (CT) inevitably refer, at some point, to its definition. This is an important trend because clarity is vital. Too often, discussions of this nature ...

A recent Cambridge University Press & Assessment report reveals a global struggle among students with self-management and metacognition, hindering effective learning. Teachers find it challenging to ...

When people think of genius, they often imagine a high IQ or an extraordinary memory. But scientists say the real trait that separates highly intelligent people from the rest has little to do with raw ...