Research School Network: Unpacking meta-cognition

With an exert and link to his blog, Director of Research School, Andy Samways provides suggestions for unpacking meta-cognition within teaching and learning.

In a previous blog this month I shared the following image, a snapshot from Dr Jonathan Sharples’s presentation on our SWA Trust PD Day:

So, this week, a little more elaboration on such a promising approach within teaching and learning.

A glance at the EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit will highlight meta-cognition’s low cost (single ‘£’), high evidence strength (four padlocks) and high impact (+8 months). As seen below, when plotting toolkit strategies using cost per pupil and effect size, meta-cognition is clearly highlighted as one of the most promising set of approaches and interventions that we should consider for pupils’ learning.

source: J Sharples, EEF Presentation, Jan 2018

So what is involved?

Click here to see the rest of the blog which utilises extracts from the printable EEF Teaching and Learning Toolkit summary and a couple of other useful sources to unpack meta-cognition …