What are the best ways to enhance metacognition in the course of classroom teaching? This research-to-practice book shows how to go beyond simple student reflection to use any of 19 different practical strategies. Each chapter describes a different method, gives the research evidence to support the effectiveness of the method and then provides guidelines for implementation. You will learn about programs within traditional curriculum subjects, programs across the traditional curriculum, programs focusing especially on self-regulation, programs for disabled and special needs students, and programs embedded in a digital environment. You will also discover common features of the methods, so you can see the similarities across the methods and ultimately devise your own ways to develop metacognition and self-regulated learning. With the powerful practices in this book, students will develop a refined ability to think about how they think and learn, preparing them for their futures beyond school.
What are the best ways to enhance metacognition in classroom teaching? This research-to-practice book shows how to go beyond student reflection to use 19 different practical strategies. Each chapter describes a different method, gives research evidence to support the effectiveness of the method and provides guidelines for implementation.
Contents
1. Introduction Section A: Programs within the Traditional
Curriculum
2. Science
3. Mathematics
4. Reading Comprehension Section B:
Programs Across the Traditional Curriculum (1275-word chapters)
5. Dialogue
and Think-aloud; Talking with a partner while they execute the steps of a
strategy
6. Questioning
7. Summarizing including elaborating or organizing
information
8. Modelling
9. Making predictions
10. Visualizing
11.
Diagramming, concept maps, mind maps, geography maps, semantic webs, flow
charts, and graphs
12. Mnemonics
13. Self-assessment
14. Peer Assessment
Section C: Programs Focusing Especially on Self-regulated Learning
15.
Metacognition and Decision-making
16. Transfer of Metacognitive Skills
Section D: Programs Focusing Especially on Disabled or Special Need Students
17. Metacognitive Strategy and Working Memory Training (1)
18. Metacognitive
Strategy and Working Memory Training (2) Section E: Programs Embedded in
Digital Technology
19. Hypermedia in Self-regulated Learning
20.
Metacognition in Serious Computer Games
21. Discussion and Conclusion Appendix
Keith J. Topping is a researcher, educator, author and international speaker. His special interests are peer learning, parents as educators, social competence, computer-assisted assessment and inclusion. Topping has written 29 books and over 400 other publications including over 200 peer-reviewed journal papers.
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