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Metacognition is thinking about thinking.
It is a skill most of us use to help provide a road map of what we have to do to solve problems.
This is a beneficial tool that we can direct students to use for them to self- reflect on where they are at and what they can do to improve their learning.
In John Hattie's research, Metacognition ranks 0,69 in the effect on student achievement in their learning.
Here is a short video on Metacognition.
How can we use Metacognition?
How can we use Metacognition?
Teach students how the brain works and that it is built for learning. As your brain changes, you grow. With effort and practice they can be the creators of their own brain and life long learning.
1. Explicitly teach students metacognition strategies like:
Plan Monitor Evaluate
2. Teachers model their own thinking to help students learn metacognition skills.
3. Setting an appropriate level of challenge helps develop metacognition and self - regulation.
If students find the work too challenging many either give up the challenge or suffer cognitive overload.
To help with cognitive overload students can be taught to divide their work into chunks, and divide their tasks into small steps.
4. Develop and promote Metacognitive talk within the classroom.
Where teachers encourage students to reflect on what they are finding hard, what could go wrong, etc.
5. Explicitly teach students how to organise and manage their work independently.
Providing students with timely feedback, and help them plan, monitor and evaluate their work
Video explaining Metacognition
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