Have you ever thought about thinking? This hot topic is known as metacognition, the awareness of understanding your thought process and understanding the way those patterns work behind them. It ...

We make decisions all day long. Some of them are based on careful consideration, some are based on past experiences, and some just seem to come without much thought. Decisions come in all forms.

Metacognition has a fancy Greek prefix but, in essence, it’s thinking about how you think. It is often seen as an effective and powerful tool for student learning, but what is it, how is it ...

'Metarecognition' is the ability to objectively monitor, control, and improve one's learning ability. Researchers demonstrated that the human brain exhibits metacognitive abilities that regulate ...

The ASSETT Student Technology Consultants, in collaboration with tutors from the Academic Success & Achievement Program, have produced a four-part video series about metacognition. “Thinking about ...

Twin studies have proven invaluable for teasing out the effects of both genetics and the environment on human biology. Researchers studied pairs of twins to look at how the interplay of genetics and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. Specifically, machine metacognition. Here’s the deal. AI ...

(This is the final post in a four-part series on the topic of metacognition in the classroom. You can see Part One here; Part Two here and Part Three here.) The new “question-of-the-week” is: What is ...