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I have never heard this quote before but I love it and believe it - in my Methods class, we are reading a book compares education to banks - teachers are the bankers and students are the accounts and we teachers just "deposit" facts into our students' brains - very oppressive and one way learning.  We can liken the bucket here to the bank account.  We know  we are supposed to be creating opportunities for our students to ask questions and solve problems, instead - a two way street.  Jenni

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From the Smithsonian Science Education Center

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Smithsonian Science Education Center (SSEC)

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Good Thinking! — That’s so Meta(cognitive)!

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I love Pooh - think, think, think <3

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Discover & Share this Thinking GIF with everyone you know. GIPHY is how you search, share, discover, and create GIFs.

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I think Math teachers have it "easiest" when they walk through the steps of a problem, speaking aloud about what they are thinking and doing. Here are some other strategies to go along with:

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Multitasking seems to be a habitual challenge that many students face. For instance, juggling modern-day technology while completing homework is a common undertaking. As a result, many young learners fall prey to constant interruptions from social media, online video chatting, texting, television and more. Although there are some benefits to being able to shift from task to task, the learning process, as well as the time it takes to complete assignments, is often hindered when attention is continually interrupted. In fact, research suggests that the best way to optimize learning potential is to give one's full attention to a task, and for many young learners this means that they need to develop a metacognitive or mindful approach to learning. Completing Schoolwork with Greater Efficiency? One key to helping students maximize their learning potential is to teach them about metacognition. Metacognition is the ability to self-regulate one's own thinking, and it is often described as "thinking about thinking." One engages higher order reasoning and one's inner voice to actively control the thought processes and maintain engagement in learning. Planning a learning approach, creating a daily homework schedule, evaluating one's progress, and self-monitoring comprehension are all examples of metacognitive skills.
How Can Students Learn Metacognitive Approaches?
Here are a number of strategies that can help learners to develop a metacognitive and mindful approach to learning. 1. Share your own thoughts aloud, so that learners can hear how you think about your own thinking. 2. Encourage learners to maintain focus on one task from beginning to end. 3. Urge learners to remove all distractions when completing schoolwork. 4. Help learners to become aware of their own thought processes through mindfulness. 5. Instruct learners on how to plan and manage their time. Provide handouts and materials that help them to think through the process. 6. Help learners create an afternoon routine where they schedule downtime and homework time. 7. Urge learners to plan and write down their approach, create deadlines, and declare intentions to a parent, teacher or peer. 8. Provide assignments that challenge learners to create a study approach and have them share their ideas with their classmates. 9. Encourage learners to talk about or write about their approach to your class. What is working? What is not working?
10. Allow learners to evaluate your class assignments and approach and make any recommendations that would help them improve their performance in your course.
11. Help learners to be aware and take charge of their own inner voice.
12. Encourage learners to visualize academic content.

Ready Made Materials for Developing Metacognition and Mindfulness
If you would like ready-made checklists, assessments, and handouts, that can help your students develop metacognitive skills, check out the many resources available in my publication, Planning, Time Management and Organization for Success: Quick and Easy Approaches to Mastering Executive Functioning Skills for Students. I also offer a number of products that develop mindfulness and metacognition. CLICK here to see all of these products.

Cheers, Erica
Dr. Erica Warren, Learning Specialist & Educational Therapist

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10 easy metacognitive and mindful strategies for student success

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10 Easy Metacognitive and Mindful Strategies for Student Success (Learning Specialist and Teacher Materials - Good Sensory Learning)

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Multitasking seems to be a habitual challenge that many students face. For instance, juggling modern-day technology while completing homework is a common undertaking. As a result, many young learners fall prey to constant interruptions from social media, online video chatting, texting, television and more.

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I love this idea - it appeals to visual learners and is a wonderful way to get to know your students!

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I searched Metacognition on Pinterest and loved so many things that I found!  https://www.pinterest.com/pin/AextD14XrUYNkKAbWIxUrTFiGjWpDVRdZAwQfi87rhwJj2wK3JcKQCM/

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a text to self connection - the first time I heard this word was in our EDUC 601/Ed Psych class with Dr. Dewalt - it was from the chapter of my great grad school friends presented and it happened to be the only one I got wrong on the TEST! I doubt I will ever forget the word again. As an English teacher, we encourage our students to think about thinking as writers, especially - and this is how I brainstorm, getting through life!

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comic strip from Psychology Today

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Jenni is thinking about thinking... hmmm...

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Humans have always been a creature that was special because of our ability to ponder our own abilities, our thoughts, and our own emotions. It is interesting to note that we are not the only animals capable of this. Studies have shown that some animals may have the capacity to experience metacognition. (http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2009/09/10440.html)
It is clear that no creature on Earth can match that ability of humans. It is possible that our own metacognitive state is what allowed us to begin recording ideas in writing where other creatures do not have full meta capabilities to understand that importance. Due to our brain's ability to question its own thoughts, we were the only species to come up with a way to record these thoughts for others to experience. Thanks to this logical leap, humans were able to transfer their metacognitive thoughts into a written, literacy form.

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There are three types of meta-cognitive knowledge: Declarative, Procedural, and Strategy.

Declarative knowledge is one's understanding of his own capabilities. It isn't always accurate. An example of this is a self-assessment.

Procedural knowledge is related to the difficulty of a task compared to their self confidence. It is also known as task knowledge.

Strategy knowledge is also called conditional knowledge. It is all about how one learns information and the strategy he uses to do so. An example of this is overtime a student learns the strategy needed to solve certain problems.

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This Is a link to some awesome videos centered around our readings!

The one about gradually releasing responsibility is particularly helpful.

https://thelearningexchange.ca/projects/thinking-about-thinking/

This next link is to metacognition in popular culture... my personal favorite is Michael Scott's fall in the koi pond. These do not necessarily relate directly to literacy, but still demonstrate the point in a unique way!

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2015/06/22/do-you-know-of-good-movetv-scenes-demonstration-metacognition/

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This theory is all about thinking about one's thinking. When it comes to reading, the theory states that the teacher must gradually release responsibility from themselves to the student. Readers should be reflecting internally and be engaged on a metacognitive level.

"Education is not the filing of a pail but the lighting of a fire."- William Butler Yeats

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Here's a brief picture emphasizing a way to view metacognition in the realm of an adolescent learner

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Here's a brief picture emphasizing a way to view metacognition in the realm of an adolescent learner