Incorporating Metacognition into Teaching

This brief blog post offers a quick but informative description of "metacognitive instruction" and what it can look like in practice, while also teasing out some other related terms.

In this article, Lauren Scharff and John Draeger make the case that metacognition is vital to not only the success of students in the classroom but also their instructors, as well—and they offer some tips for introducing metacognition into your pedagogy.

Another great piece from Improve with Metacognition: Here, Kim Hosler offers a collection of reflection questions—and reflection practices—that can help make deliberate and thoughtful instruction easier.

With so many evidence-based strategies out there, it can be hard to decide what would work best for your class and your students. The authors provide metacognitive reflection questions that can help you implement, adjust, and refine the teaching strategies you are eager to try. 

This article recounts a study that examined the metacognitive practices of college instructors. The authors discuss the qualitative responses from the participants, and the "continuum" they produced from the findings can help you reflect on your own metacognitive teaching strategies.