Broadly defined as learning to ‘think about thinking’, metacognition has grown to have a significant presence within Australian schools, with ...
A ‘fancy banner’: doubts cast over metacognition focus in schools
Explicitly teaching metacognitive strategies is widely touted as a critical intervention that will boost academic outcomes and enable students to become ‘active participants’ in their learning – but some argue metacognition's role in the classroom is nebulous.
One secondary teacher says the focus on metacognition in schools was largely "something that gives the illusion that we're making progress".