Metacognition in Science Education Trends in Current Research /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Zohar, Anat (Editor), Dori, Yehudit Judy (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education, 40
• Subjects: Education.; Science education.; Teaching.; Science Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.

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...

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.