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Metacognition is “thinking about your own thinking.” Decades of cognitive science research demonstrates that when students reflect on their learning, it increases their future learning, memory, and transfer of knowledge.
For example, you can ask students, “On a scale of 1-4, how confident are you that you got the answer correct?” Students are engaging in retrieval practice, but then this next step of reflection and metacognition provides an additional boost.
Written by cognitive scientists and a pedagogy expert, our Metacognition Guide is only 9 pages. In just 15 minutes, learn about metacognition, access research, and get some quick ideas for your classroom. We have even more classroom activities and resources for encouraging students’ metacognition, as well as an entire chapter on metacognition in our book, Powerful Teaching. Visit our library to download all of our guides.
Authors: Lisa K. Son, Ph.D., Nicole Brittingham Furlonge, Ph.D., & Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D.
Lisa K. Son, Ph.D. is a Cognitive Scientist and Associate Professor at Barnard College. She examines the complexities of metacognition, particularly where and why people often fail to learn successfully. She recently published a book in Korean, Metacognition: The Thinking Parent Makes the Thinking Child (메타인지 학습법), which focuses on addressing illusions and biases that occur during learning. Follow her on Twitter @LisaKimSon.
Nicole Brittingham Furlonge, Ph.D. is Professor and Director of the Klingenstein Center, Teachers College, Columbia University. The Klingenstein Center provides programs to enhance the leadership and learning of teachers and administrators in independent schools. Follow her on Twitter @NicoleFurlonge.
Pooja K. Agarwal, Ph.D. is a Cognitive Scientist and Founder of RetrievalPractice.org. She is the author of the book Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning and an Assistant Professor at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, teaching psychological science to exceptional undergraduate musicians. Follow her on Twitter @RetrieveLearn.
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