Metacognition

The Neglected Skill Set for Empowering Students, Revised Edition (Your planning guide to teaching mindful, reflective, proficient thinkers and problem solvers)

Robin J. Fogarty, Brian M. Pete

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781951075354
• eBook ISBN: 9781951075361
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Empower your students to become mindful, reflective, and proficient thinkers and problem solvers. In Metacognition, authors Robin J. Fogarty and Brian M. Pete provide a practical framework to nurture these essential skills in every learner. Research-based and classroom-approved, this resource is a must-read for educators committed to strengthening student self-awareness, self-assessment, and self-confidence for school and life.

Use this resource to implement the critical but overlooked practice of enhancing deep, reflective learning among students in the classroom:

• Explore research that shows teaching metacognition--or reflective thinking--is one of the most high-impact strategies available to educators.
• Acquire practices designed to empower learners to cultivate awareness and control over their own thinking.
• Learn how to encourage students with positive feedback to go beyond the "right" answer by thinking deeply and critically.
• Study the three categorical labels for the strategies that will help students develop metacognitive behaviors: (1) planning, (2) monitoring, and (3) evaluating.
• Record and reflect on how you incorporate the teaching strategies into your classroom.

Contents:
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Section I: Planning Strategies
1. Stem Statements [Thoughtful Lead-Ins]
2. Inking Your Thinking [Learning Logs]
3. Film Footage [Visualization]
4. Fat and Skinny Questions [Higher-Order Questions]
5. Roll the Dice [Predicting]
6. Pie in the Face [Making Inferences]
7. The Goal Post [Goal Setting]
8. A Road Map [Strategic Planning]
9. Seesaw Thinking [What-If Problem Solving]
10. Prime the Pump [KWL]
Section II: Monitoring Strategies
1. Talk to Yourself [Think Aloud]
2. Soup Cans [Labeling Behaviors]
3. Alarm Clock [Recovery Strategies]
4. Instant Replay [Tape Recordings]
5. Sticky Note [Memoing]
6. Mental Menus [Tracking]
7. Cue Cards [Prompting]
8. Two-Way Talk [Conferencing]
9. Transfer Talk [Bridging]
10. The Microscope [Recorded Observations]
Section III: Evaluating Strategies
1. Thumbs-Up/Thumbs-Down [PMI]
2. Choose Your Spot [The Human Graph]
3. Mrs. Potter's Questions [Evaluating]
4. A Revolving Door [The Portfolio Registry]
5. Connecting Elephants [How Can I Use This?]
6. The Big Idea [Generalizing]
7. Checkmate! [Self-Administered Checklists]
8. What? So What? Now What? [Student-Led Conferences]
9. Story Time! [Anecdotes]
10. Double-Talk [Double-Entry Journals]
In Closing
References and Resources
Index

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgments
• Table of Contents
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Introduction
• Section I: Planning Strategies for Students to Use
• Section II: Monitoring Strategies for Students to Use
• Section III: Evaluating Strategies for Students to Use
• In Closing
• References and Resources
• Index