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 ...

Metacognition is a high order thinking skill that is emerging from the shadows of academia to take its rightful place in classrooms around the world. As online classrooms extend into homes, this is an ...

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 ...

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 ...

A recent study that primarily delves into memory and learning is asking two questions - Are we over-estimating memory and underestimating learning? Led by Nate Kornell, an assistant professor of ...

A growing body of experimental research suggests that using ChatGPT can boost short-term performance on some tasks, but may ...

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 ...

Starting college on the right foot—and in the right frame of mind—can make the difference between completing a bachelor’s degree and dropping out in the first or second year of school. Rochester ...