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Eva Kane; Shannon Dadd; Michael McCormick; Avington Medeiros; Joseph Johnson; Dana Evans – Journal of Research in Education, 2025
This quantitative study seeks to explore intrinsic motivation amongst students in post-secondary education. The sample includes 55 undergraduate students currently enrolled in a college of education teaching methods course. The researchers sought to explore the correlation between intrinsic motivation and key variables such as academic…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Undergraduate Students, Preservice Teachers, Academic Achievement
Morehead, Kayla; McEldoon, Katherine; Yarbro, Jessica – Pearson, 2023
Pearson's Learning Foundations describe the optimal conditions for learning and reflect the learner experience Pearson hopes their products will create. Pearson does this by incorporating the Learning Design Principles. Each of the Learning Design Principles goes into detail about a key principle, supporting product design and marketing by…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Self Management, Metacognition, Theory Practice Relationship
Mughal, Anoara – SAGE Publications Ltd (UK), 2021
The perfect guide to help you embed metacognitive approaches to your teaching. What is metacognition and how can you use it in your teaching? Metacognition -- being aware of our own ways of thinking -- is popular in education, but it is not always obvious how it links to teaching practice and how to teach it explicitly. This book translates…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Reflection, English
McAndrews, Stephanie L. – Guilford Press, 2020
Packed with useful tools, this practitioner guide and course text helps educators assess and teach essential literacy skills and strategies at all grade levels (PreK-12). All six literacy modalities are addressed--listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing, and visually representing. Chapters on specific literacy processes integrate…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Literacy, Metacognition, Instructional Effectiveness
Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Douglas; Almarode, John – Corwin, 2021
Tutoring is much more than telling students information. Effective tutoring begins with the strong and caring relationship a tutor establishes with a learner to build trust, fuel motivation, and drive critical learning. "How Tutoring Works" distills the complexity of strategic moves effective tutors make to build students' confidence and…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Interpersonal Relationship, Self Esteem, Competence
Brooks, Ben; Schaab, Katharine; Chapman, Natasha H. – Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2019
One of the great challenges interdisciplinary programs face is fguring out how to get students to engage subject matter in a truly integrative way. To accomplish integration, students do not need to become experts in multiple felds, but they do need to understand how multiple modes of thinking, theoretical lenses, and content knowledge can be…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Capacity Building, Learning Strategies, Interdisciplinary Approach
Vosniadou, Stella; Lawson, Michael J.; Stephenson, Helen; Bodner, Erin – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2021
The purpose of this publication is to provide basic information to teachers about how to help students become independent learners. Its recommendations are based on the conceptual framework known as "self-regulated learning," or SRL. Self-regulated learners have flexible knowledge and skills that enable them to manage their cognition,…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Skill Development, 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement
Quigley, Alex; Muijs, Daniel; Stringer, Eleanor – Education Endowment Foundation, 2018
Evidence suggests the use of 'metacognitive strategies' -- which get pupils to think about their own learning -- can be worth the equivalent of an additional +7 months' progress when used well. However, while the potential impact of these approaches is very high, particularly for disadvantaged pupils, less is known about how to apply them…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Independent Study, Learning Strategies, Skill Development
Millis, Barbara J. – IDEA Center, Inc., 2016
Metacognition has increasingly been recognized as essential for learning. This paper defines metacognition, discusses its importance, and specifies how faculty can nurture it in students to promote positive learning outcomes. The paper then offers extensive examples based on two formats: (1) activities offered before, during, and after lessons or…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Definitions, Reflection, Learning Strategies
Herburger, Debra; Holdheide, Lynn; Sacco, Donna – WestEd, 2020
Distance learning offers a unique opportunity to individualize and personalize instruction and establish inclusive learning environments for the range of diverse learners in every district, school, and virtual classroom. Applying high-leverage practices (HLPs) to lesson design and delivery, both in-person and virtually, empowers educators to…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Barriers, Access to Education, Educational Practices
El-Koumy, Abdel Salam A. – Online Submission, 2020
This revised edition updates and expands on the first edition published in 2016. In this revised edition, theories of different types of learning strategies are expanded and more recent studies are added. A large amount of tabular information is also reconstructed in a more meaningful manner. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter one…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
Holman, John; Yeomans, Emily – Education Endowment Foundation, 2018
The attainment gap in science may not be as well-documented as the gap in English and maths, but it is just as pervasive. Our research has shown that disadvantaged pupils start to fall behind in science in Key Stage 1; the gap only gets wider throughout primary and secondary school and on to A-level. Helping schools to use evidence and to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Students, Science Achievement
Abshire, Britt-Marie Kristina – English in Texas, 2014
Despite its importance, many teachers overlook a vital component of the lesson cycle--closure. This article explains how a high school English teacher implements Meta Moments, a systematic time for closure that fosters metacognitive habits in students.
Descriptors: High School Teachers, English Teachers, Metacognition, Lesson Plans
Wieman, Rob; Arbaugh, Fran – Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 2014
Parents in the United States expect their students to have homework; and students, especially in middle school and high school, expect daily homework assignments from their teachers. However, it is difficult to create effective homework assignments. Despite the challenges involved, the authors believe that homework "can" be an important…
Descriptors: Homework, Relevance (Education), Assignments, Instructional Effectiveness
Keith, Karin J.; Pridemore, Celeste B. – Reading Teacher, 2014
This article explains how to create and use a daybook in the literacy classroom. Readers learn what a daybook is, how the daybook in one fourth and fifth grade classroom is structured, and how students in this classroom use that daybook during reading instruction to engage, record important information, and discuss a text.
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Grade 4, Grade 5