Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don't understand it? As ...

To control one's dreams and to live 'out there' what is impossible in real life -- a truly tempting idea. Some persons -- so-called lucid dreamers -- can do this. Researchers have discovered that the ...

Do we need to teach children how to think? This is the focus of Nord Anglia Education’s newly published research, in collaboration with Boston College. By embedding metacognitive practices into ...

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.

(This is the second post in a four-part series on the topic of metacognition in the classroom. You can see Part One here.) Thinking about thinking. That’s the simplest definition of Metacognition. But ...

Humans were long thought to have a monopoly on metacognition, which is the ability to contemplate one's own mental states. Captive apes have recently shown this skill by demonstrating that they are ...

One of the defining features of human evolution is the emergent capacity of human beings to think about thinking. The ability to think about thinking is often described as a metacognitive skill.

Metacognitive thinking, a methodology for mastering intellectually challenging material, is revolutionizing legal education. Metacognition empowers people to increase their mental capabilities by ...

Many people with different mental health problems can be absent from work for a long time. But new results give hope that more people can recover and return to work sooner. A new treatment method that ...

To control one's dreams and to live out there what is impossible in real life - a truly tempting idea. Some persons - so-called lucid dreamers -can do this. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute ...

(This is the last post in a three-part series. You can see Part One here and Part Two here.) Nancy Frey is a professor of educational leadership at San Diego State University. Frey also teaches ...