Metacognition in Young Children

Informationen zum Autor Shirley Larkin Klappentext The book examines theories of metacognition of particular relevance to primary school age children, drawing on empirical research from psychology and education. Zusammenfassung The book examines theories of metacognition of particular relevance to primary school age children, drawing on empirical research from psychology and education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Metacognition in Children and Adults 1. What is Metacognition? 2. Why Develop Metacognition? 3. Ages and Stages P art 2: Metacognition Across Subject Domains 4. Science and Mathematics 5. Reading and Writing 6. Metacognition in Other Subjects Part 3: Facilitating Metacognition 7. Teachers and Metacognition 8. Context and Metacognition 9. Policy and Metacognition Part 4: New Thinking 10. Developments in Metacognition Research 11. Possible Futures References

Product details

• Authors: Shirley Larkin, Shirley (University of Exeter) Larkin, Larkin Shirley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2009
• EAN: 9780415463577
• ISBN: 978-0-415-46357-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; EDUCATION / General, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, Educational psychology, Teaching skills and techniques, Teaching skills & techniques, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / General