See also constructivism, critical discourse, language and thought, non-fiction reading and writing Metacognition is the awareness an individual has of how he or she has come to know something. Knowing oneself as a learner can lead to adopting more...

Metacognition about memory, sometimes called metamemory, refers to the self-monitoring and self-control of one's own memory in the acquisition and retrieval of information. It is a relatively new topic, having been investigated by psychologists...

Metacognition refers to thinking about cognition (memory, perception, calculation, association, etc.) in general, or to the thinking and reasoning about one's own...

Byline: Scott Rand From the start of the year, my goal is to teach my students to be metacognitive thinkers. This means that they will think about what they are doing during each step of the inquiry process. I use a variety...

Recent investigations have established the importance of metacognition in the acquisition and application of learning skills in diverse domains of inquiry. Despite the voluminous theoretical and empirical research, there remain some unanswered questions regarding the specific components underlying the construct and whether these components...