| 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 |
|
|
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
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 teachers.
|
|
Key Terms - New in this
Session
formative
assessment
metacognitive
knowledge
metacognitive
regulation
reflection
self-regulation |
Go to related support
materials.
Next Session: 10. How We Organize
Knowledge – The Structure of the Disciplines
Previous Session: 8. Watch It, Do
It, Know It – Cognitive Apprenticeship
|
