Overview

Our report, Metacognition: a key to unlocking learning, assesses the evidence base for metacognition as a foundation for effective learning, inlcuding information on development, effective teaching practice and subject specific examples.

Our teacher-focused guide, Metacognition: Key insights and implications for teaching practice, contains examples of teaching and learning strategies to support teachers in implementing a metacognitive approach in the classroom. It also provides a summary of key information on metacognition from our longer report.

Published: 2017.

Other resources

• Anat Zohar, Thinking skills for all students including low achievers