Pairing of cognitive learning strategies with metacognitive learning strategies. The former one allows the students to get more awareness about the most suitable way of learning and to get control over the learning. It means that they would gain metacognitive knowledges and metacognitive regulations.
Learning Outcomes
When paired with cognitive strategies, metacognitive strategies have been shown to increase the understanding and ability of students with mathematics learning difficulties and disabilities to solve mathematics problems.
Middle school students who received cognitive and metacognitive strategy instruction outperformed peers who received typical math instruction.
How Does It Work
Teaching Metacognitive Strategies, involve
Identifying the existing way of learning of the students (through questions, practical examples, discussions, direct observation).
Providing the students with strategies (like self-testing, interleaving, spacing), figuring out which one is the most appropriate for each of them, guiding them and then following up during the process. This stage it is one of the key elements because suppose to show in practical way (examples) how to do it
Why Is It A Good Practice?
The process it is starting from the preliminary evaluation
Allow tailor made tools for each student;
Offer the framework for better development and increase the student’s chances to reach their potential, versus cognitive learning only.
Assessment
Initial and intermediate evaluation of the knowledge’s level.