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Metacognition seems to be all the rage in education these
days and I'm thinking it is not just a passing fad but rather
a real key to making a positive difference in the lives of
our students. My guess is that metacognition has always been
part of teaching but at present I am interested in getting a
handle on it and seeing if I can use it in a more systematic
fashion for the benefit of my students. The definition I've
gotten for it is that metacognition is thinking about
thinking. (That wording, "thinking about thinking" appears
in Really Raising Standards by Philip Ady and Michael
Shayer.) Knowing the definition surely isn't enough to go on
as far as figuring out how to implement it (or bump up the
level of implementation if it is already being implemented)
so I figure I've got some reading to do (hopefully, some of
it right here on this list) but I've actually started my
study by, rather than reading about it, trying to engage in
it in a conscious fashion. Here's an example: