From Annenberg Learner
Thinking About Thinking – Metacognition. Understanding the Concept of Metacognition (Executive Function) This is a wonderful resource!
https://www.learner.org/courses/learningclassroom/session_overviews/metacog_home9.html
| 9. Thinking About Thinking – Metacognition | |
| “We can teach children to think about their thinking in ways that help them understand what they know and what they don’t know and what they’d like to learn, and to help them reflect on their learning and to evaluate their work against a continuum that they’re on. All of those kinds of thinking actually make the learning process more powerful.” Linda Darling-Hammond |
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Key Questions:
- How can people learn by reflecting on what they know and do?
- How can teachers help students think about their own thinking?
Learning Objectives:
- Defining metacognition – Teachers will understand what metacognition is and how it improves learning. They will become familiar with two aspects of metacognition: reflection and self-regulation.
- Developing metacognitive skills – Teachers will understand what it means to develop a culture of metacognition in the classroom. Teachers will become familiar with strategies for helping students regulate, monitor, and guide their learning.
Video Program 28 minutes
This episode explores how thinking about thinking helps students to better manage their own learning and to learn difficult concepts deeply. The episode features two teachers – Kendra Hearn, who teaches senior English at West Bloomfield High School, West Bloomfield, Michigan, and Kathleen Hayes-Parvin, who teaches sixth grade at Birney Middle School, Southfield, Michigan. University of Michigan professor Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar and Lee S. Shulman, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching provide their insights for teache
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