Metacognition: Student Reflections on Problem Solving

Twenty-first century teaching and learning focus on the fundamental skills of critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, and collaboration and communication. Metacognition is a crucial aspect of both problem solving and critical thinking, but it is often difficult to get stude...

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Published inJournal on excellence in college teaching Vol. 25; no. 2
Main Authors Wismath, Shelly, Orr, Doug, Good, Brandon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Miami University 2014
Subjects
Alberta (Lethbridge)
Barsch Learning Style Inventory
Cognitive Style
College Students
Critical Thinking
Enrollment
Foreign Countries
Likert Scales
Pretests Posttests
Problem Solving
Reflection
Student Attitudes
Student Surveys
Thinking Skills
Canada
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Summary:Twenty-first century teaching and learning focus on the fundamental skills of critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, and collaboration and communication. Metacognition is a crucial aspect of both problem solving and critical thinking, but it is often difficult to get students to engage in authentic metacognitive reflection. The authors describe a course built explicitly around the objective of developing students' problem-solving, critical-thinking, and metacognitive skills. They argue that the metacognitive reflection demonstrated by students in this course is valid evidence of their learning of essential problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
ISSN:1052-4800