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Recent research highlights the importance of both metacognitive knowledge and metacognitive skills in learning. This chapter reviews some of the recent literature on metacognition in learning and describe some methods of helping students acquire strategic metacognitive knowledge and executive management metacognitive skills to improve their learning. Topics focused on include reading metacognition, graphic organizers, self-assessment, self-questioning, and thinking aloud, all of which can be used across content domains.
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Hartman, H.J. (2001). Developing Students’ Metacognitive Knowledge and Skills. In: Hartman, H.J. (eds) Metacognition in Learning and Instruction. Neuropsychology and Cognition, vol 19. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2243-8_3
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