Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools?
This paper focuses on a neglected area of school policy and practice: metacognition. As education becomes increasingly evidence-informed policy makers, school leaders and teachers are becoming increasingly research literate and have ready access to an ever-growing range of evidence about ‘what works...
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| description | This paper focuses on a neglected area of school policy and practice: metacognition. As education becomes increasingly evidence-informed policy makers, school leaders and teachers are becoming increasingly research literate and have ready access to an ever-growing range of evidence about ‘what works’ in schools. Influential sources of evidence, such as the Education Endowment Foundation’s Teaching and Learning Toolkit, often indicate that teaching metacognition in schools can have a very positive effect on pupils’ outcomes. In this paper, we examine over fifty studies to ascertain the effect of teaching metacognition in schools on pupils’ outcomes and their wellbeing. Following our review it is clear that there is strong evidence indicating the when metacognition is effectively taught in schools then there is a very positive effect on pupil outcomes; there is less evidence about the relationship between teaching metacognition and pupil wellbeing, but the evidence which does exist is also very positive. Having identified that teaching metacognition can help improve pupil outcomes in schools, we then pose questions about the English government’s attitudes towards evidence-based practice. We ask why the government adopts some policies and strategies which have an international evidence base, while not adopting other policies or strategies which have at least an equally strong evidence base. This paper concludes by suggesting how policies and practices can be improved at in schools, Initial Teacher Education establishments and at the level of national policy. |
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| spelling | nottingham-514402020-05-04T19:33:43Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51440/ Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? Perry, John Lundie, David Golder, Gill This paper focuses on a neglected area of school policy and practice: metacognition. As education becomes increasingly evidence-informed policy makers, school leaders and teachers are becoming increasingly research literate and have ready access to an ever-growing range of evidence about ‘what works’ in schools. Influential sources of evidence, such as the Education Endowment Foundation’s Teaching and Learning Toolkit, often indicate that teaching metacognition in schools can have a very positive effect on pupils’ outcomes. In this paper, we examine over fifty studies to ascertain the effect of teaching metacognition in schools on pupils’ outcomes and their wellbeing. Following our review it is clear that there is strong evidence indicating the when metacognition is effectively taught in schools then there is a very positive effect on pupil outcomes; there is less evidence about the relationship between teaching metacognition and pupil wellbeing, but the evidence which does exist is also very positive. Having identified that teaching metacognition can help improve pupil outcomes in schools, we then pose questions about the English government’s attitudes towards evidence-based practice. We ask why the government adopts some policies and strategies which have an international evidence base, while not adopting other policies or strategies which have at least an equally strong evidence base. This paper concludes by suggesting how policies and practices can be improved at in schools, Initial Teacher Education establishments and at the level of national policy. Taylor & Francis 2018-04-26 Article PeerReviewed Perry, John, Lundie, David and Golder, Gill (2018) Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? Educational Review . ISSN 1465-3397 Metacognition; Thinking skills; Evidence based practice; Policy https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00131911.2018.1441127 doi:10.1080/00131911.2018.1441127 doi:10.1080/00131911.2018.1441127 |
| spellingShingle | Metacognition; Thinking skills; Evidence based practice; Policy Perry, John Lundie, David Golder, Gill Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? |
| title | Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? |
| title_full | Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? |
| title_fullStr | Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? |
| title_short | Metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? |
| title_sort | metacognition in schools: what does the literature suggest about the effectiveness of teaching metacognition in schools? |
| topic | Metacognition; Thinking skills; Evidence based practice; Policy |
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