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  title info:
    title: Metacognition in Science Education
    sub title: Trends in Current Research
  name:
    name part: Zohar, Anat.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Dori, Yehudit Judy.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2012
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: VIII, 280 p. online resource.
  abstract: Why is metacognition gaining recognition, both in education generally and in science learning in particular? What does metacognition contribute to the theory and practice of science learning? Metacognition in Science Education discusses emerging topics at the intersection of metacognition with the teaching and learning of science concepts, and with higher order thinking more generally. The book provides readers with a background on metacognition and analyses the latest developments in the field. It also gives an account of best-practice methodology. Expanding on the theoretical underpinnings of metacognition, and written by world leaders in metacognitive research, the chapters present cutting-edge studies on how various forms of metacognitive instruction enhance understanding and thinking in science classrooms. The editors strive for conceptual coherency in the various definitions of metacognition that appear in the book, and show that the study of metacognition is not an end in itself. Rather, it is integral to other important constructs, such as self-regulation, literacy, the teaching of thinking strategies, motivation, meta-strategies, conceptual understanding, reflection, and critical thinking. The book testifies to a growing recognition of the potential value of metacognition to science learning. It will motivate science educators in different educational contexts to incorporate this topic into their ongoing research and practice.
  table of contents: Introduction -- Metacognition in science education: Definitions, constituents, and their intricate relation with cognition -- Reading science: How a naive view of reading hinders so much else -- Metacognitive knowledge and field-based science learning in an outdoor environmental education program -- The role of metacognition in students’ understanding and transfer of explanatory structures in science -- Self-regulated learning and conceptual development in young children: The development of biological understanding -- The role of knowledge integration in learning chemistry with dynamic visualization -- The relationship between metacognition and the ability to pose questions in chemical education -- Explicit teaching of meta-strategic knowledge: definitions, student’ learning, and teachers’ professional development -- A metacognitive teaching strategy for pre-service teachers: Collaborative diagnosis of conceptual understanding in science -- Toward convergence of critical thinking, metacognition, and reflection: Illustrations from natural and social sciences, teacher education and classroom practice.
  note: edited by Anat Zohar, Yehudit Judy Dori.
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Science education
  subject:
    topic: Teaching
  subject:
    topic: Education
  subject:
    topic: Science Education
  subject:
    topic: Learning & Instruction
  subject:
    topic: Teaching and Teacher Education
  classification: LC8-6691
  classification: 507.1
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 40
  identifier: 9789400721326
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2132-6
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