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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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Girl Brains & Boy Brains: What Educators & Parents Need to Know

Girl Brains & Boy Brains: What Educators & Parents Need to Know | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
How different are the brains of boys and girls? What do educators and parents need to know about gender and the brain, and how can we best help students learn?
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