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 ...

Math and metacognition took the spotlight last week at Stanford’s Center for Education Research. On July 29, the latest class at the university’s Learning, Design and Technology Program presented ...

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 ...

Suppose you decided to start learning a new language—let’s say Italian. In the beginning stages of your language-learning journey, the Italian speech you’ll hear will likely sound like a stream of ...