Resources

Resource Category Topic
Encouraging Metacognition in the Classroom (Yale University Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning)
Describes examples of how instructors can support student metacognition. Includes examples and recommendations.
Type: Website
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Metacognition (Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching)
A summary of research and suggestions for putting metacognition into practice.
Type: Website
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Metacognition (Chick, N.)
An explanation of the importance of metacognition in instruction and guidelines for putting into practice.
Type: Website
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Promoting Student Metacognition (Tanner, K.)
Metacognition in biology instruction, including an introduction to metacognition, using metacognition to help students learn to think like biologists…
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Applying Science of Learning in Education: Infusing Psychological Science into the Curriculum (V. A. Benassi, C. E. Overson, & C. M. Hakala, Eds.)
A sampling of scholarship on the science of learning and its application in educational settings, including self-explanation, cognitive load,…
Type: Chapter
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions