Metacognition: ideas and insights from neuro- and educational sciences.

ABSTRACT: Metacognition comprises both the ability to be aware of one's cognitive processes (metacognitive knowledge) and to regulate them (metacognitive control). Research in educational sciences has amassed a large body of evidence on the importance of metacognition in learning and academic achievement. More recently, metacognition has been studied from experimental and cognitive neuroscience perspectives. This research has started to identify brain regions that encode metacognitive processes. However, the educational and neuroscience disciplines have largely developed separately with little exchange and communication. In this article, we review the literature on metacognition in educational and cognitive neuroscience and identify entry points for synthesis. We argue that to improve our understand

SUBMITTER: Fleur DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8187395 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature