With this in mind, makerspaces allow educators to embed mini-lessons in these tasks that will help students begin developing the grit and
metacognitive skills needed to analyze and move beyond their temporary failures.
Students often lack
the metacognitive skills they need to succeed, but they can develop these skills by addressing some simple questions.
Not exact matches
Kids who have good
metacognitive skills are able to tell whether they are putting in the right amount of effort, whether they are studying enough, and whether they are getting what they
need to out of school.
We ask students to memorize reams of information that they will rarely if ever use again, but we often fail to teach them the critical
skills needed to meet the daily challenges of the 21st century,
skills such as information literacy, collaboration,
metacognitive reflection, and self - assessment.
For example, some teachers think they
need to teach
metacognitive approaches in «learning to learn» or «thinking
skills» sessions.
In today's climate of high - stakes testing, they consequently confront a seemingly impossible task: facilitating student mastery of the TEKS SEs when many students read below grade level and
need differentiated instruction in order to develop the
metacognitive skills necessary for «reading to learn.»
Using a
metacognitive learning approach to support and scaffold students, CSI Chapters gives students the confidence and
skills needed to tackle any text.