Metacognition

An inventory

Ben Wilbrink

The inventory will contain studies, web pages etc. on metacognition that in one way or another might touch on the topic of designing test items.

The work of Deanna Kuhn

Barbara Y. White, ‌John R. Frederiksen (1998). Inquiry, Modeling, and Metacognition: Making Science Accessible to All Students. Cognition and instruction, 16, 3-118.

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Schoenfeldt (1987). What's all the fuss about metacognition? html

abstract Schoenfeld wrote this chapter in response to a challenge from mathematicians (among them Joe Crosswhite, Henry Pollak, Anna Henderson, and Steve Maurer) to explain "what metacognition is, why it's important, and what to do about it -- all in clear language that we can understand." Schoenfeld's explanation describes metacognition, or reflecting on how we think, through a discussion of how a problem was solved and what it was about, or where and why a difficulty occurred in the process of problem solving. He also proposes some ways metacognition could be used in the classroom.

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