Have you ever thought about thinking? This hot topic is known as metacognition, the awareness of understanding your thought process and understanding the way those patterns work behind them. It ...

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 is the final post in a four-part series on the topic of metacognition in the classroom. You can see Part One here; Part Two here and Part Three here.) The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is ...

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 ...

Discover how metacognitive skills can enhance CPD for school business professionals, supporting reflective practice, better ...

A name can matter a lot. When social science researchers wanted to make a distinction between how students approached different aspects of the learning process, they coined the somewhat awkward term ...

If teaching were like following a recipe, it would be a much easier job. Unlike the reliable and straightforward process of baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies, practices that work in a morning ...

Learning strategies are important tools for controlling and optimising the acquisition and use of a foreign language. Regular strategy training helps learners to become more independent. You can try ...