Metacognition refers to the monitoring of one's own thought processes and one's existing state of knowledge. This textbook overviews the topic and its applications with regard to the needs of students of psychology, education and educational psychology.[...]
This volume presents the most current perspectives on the role of metacognition in diverse educationally relevant domains. The purpose is to examine the ways in which theoretical investigations of metacognition have recently produced a strong focus on educational practice. The book is organized arou[...]