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Do Parents Know What Questions to Ask You (Don’t Forget Cognitive Skills!)

Do Parents Know What Questions to Ask You (Don’t Forget Cognitive Skills!) | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
How can you be sure that you are prepared to help your child get the most from this school year? Getting the answers to these questions can help.
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What if you read this post and think of it as 10 answers you will provide to parents when they come in for a teacher conference? Parents may not know the best questions to ask, and this is one way to educate them. What are the questions. Three are below, The rest may be found in the post.

* Student Feedback & Support - How do you like to provide feedback to students? Are there any interventions to help children who need a little extra attention? When are you available if my child needs extra help? 

* Cognitive Skills – How would you say my child is doing, as compared to peers, in these areas: 

     Memory: How well does my child learn and remember new information? Does he or she require more or less support than peers? How easily is information retained?

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Teaching Metacognition: The Value of Thinking About Thinking

Teaching Metacognition: The Value of Thinking About Thinking | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

How can teaching metacognition impact the way a student learns? This post states that to teach students to become "expert learners" they must understand that metacognition involves three processes (quoting from the post):
* Teaching students that their ability to learn not only changes, but that they can affect how that ability develops,
* Teaching them how to plan for success and set goals, and
* Giving them lots of opportunities to monitor their learning and adapt their own learning strategies 

We may also help them by providing strategies. The article provides five recommendations on strategies, and an additional five may be found in a post on The Educators PLN at http://www.edupln.com/profiles/blogs/metacognitive-strategies-for.

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