“Used effectively, checklists can help students develop metacognitive awareness of their intellectual processes. Metacognitive research consistently suggests that students who know how to learn, know which strategies are most effective when faced with a problem or a task, and have accurate methods of assessing their progress, are better learners than those who don’t,” says Dr. Kathleen Dudden Rowlands (source). Several tools that can help with developing metacognitive awareness are available to educators and students. These tools can be used to create shared lists of tasks or instructions. In this blog entry, we will explore two tools available to schools.
Via Tom D'Amico (@TDOttawa) , Miloš Bajčetić