1. This work is supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF) collaboration between the Directorates for Education and Human Resources (EHR) and Geociences (GEO) under grant DUE - 1125331 Metacognition webinar August 27, 2013

2. From the materials design rubric: Learning activities develop student metacognition: The activities should provide opportunities for students to iterate and improve their understanding incrementally. Activities should include an appropriate balance of guidance versus exploration and opportunities for reflection, discussion, and synthesis. Students should be able to assess their own learning and confirm they are on the right track.

3. From you: 3/9 of you are not familiar with terms like “metacognition”, not sure if you are using these strategies or not Some of you are already using some metacognitive strategies in your teaching, but 7/9 of you want to learn how to use them more effectively 2/9 of said you want to know specifically what is needed for your InTeGrate module

4. Goals of this webinar Define “metacognition” in a way that is useful for you Based on that definition, discuss what InTeGrate expects from you Explore effective strategies for implementing metacognition into your materials

5. Metacognition Thinking about thinking Learning about how people learn Developing an awareness of one’s own learning process Monitoring and assessing one’s own learning Making adjustments to one’s learning process Managing one’s motivation and attitudes

6. Metacognition What you need to worry about Learning about how people learn Developing an awareness of one’s own learning process Monitoring and assessing one’s own learning Making adjustments to one’s learning process Managing one’s motivation and attitudes Self-regulated learning cycle Attitudes towards geoscience careers, sustainable behaviors, etc.  GLE+

7. What can you do to support students’ self-regulation of their learning? Provide opportunities for students to self- evaluate their own learning Create an environment that fosters learning how to learn Encourage behaviors that foster learning to learn Great! Um… how?

8. Opportunities for students to self- evaluate their learning Low effort (class/activity-level): Think-Pair-Share Retrieval practice Moderate effort (activity/unit-level): Reflective Prompts Exam Wrappers Learning Journals Committed effort (course level): Classroom notebook

9. Creating an environment that fosters learning to learn Reward effort over ability (allow for revisions) Encourage self-comparison over social comparison (use exam wrappers) Model and provide graphic organizers and other organizational structures Be explicit: spend time discussing how these activities help them learn

10. Encourage behaviors that foster learning to learn Encourage questioning and help-seeking – Frequent use of think-pair-share – Frequent use of reflective questions Encourage goal-setting – Proximal: exam or module wrappers – Distal: classroom journals Be explicit: spend time discussing how these activities help them learn

11. Next steps Resources for more information and specific activities posted on the website An activity for us, now.