iii Establishing the Metacognitive Environment
adapted from
http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed327218.html
A metacognitive
environment encourages awareness of
thinking. Planning is shared between teachers, school library media
specialists, and students. Thinking strategies are discussed. Evaluation is
ongoing.
In the creation
of a metacognitive environment, teachers monitor and apply their knowledge,
deliberately modelling metacognitive behaviour to assist students in becoming
aware of their own thinking.
Metacognitive
strategies are already in teachers' repertoires. We must become alert to these
strategies, and consciously model them for students.
Problem-solving
and research activities in all subjects provide opportunities for developing
metacognitive strategies. Teachers need to focus student attention on how tasks
are accomplished. Process goals, in addition to content goals, must be
established and evaluated with students so they discover that understanding and
transferring thinking processes improves learning.