Problem-solving tasks form the backbone of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics) curricula. Yet, how to improve self-monitoring and self-regulation when …

There has been a recent upsurge of interest in exploring how choices of methods and timing
of instruction affect the rate and persistence of learning. The authors review three lines of …

Despite immense technological advances, learners still prefer studying text from printed
hardcopy rather than from computer screens. Subjective and objective differences between …

The mind is a storehouse for knowledge. The world affords people uncountable
opportunities to learn many things but not all opportunities are taken up-people are selective …

This Practice Guide is the third in a series of Institute of Education Sciences (IES) guides in
education. Much of teaching is about helping students master new knowledge and skills and …

This paper describes five indices of metacognitive monitoring referred to as absolute
accuracy, relative accuracy, bias, scatter, and discrimination. I provide definitions, formulae …

We explored relations between reading comprehension performance and self-reported
components of metacognition in middle-school children. Students' self-reported …

People's judgments about how well they have learned and comprehended text materials
can be important for effectively regulating learning, but only if those judgments are accurate …

Educational psychology has generated a prolific array of findings about factors that influence
and correlate with academic achievement. We review select findings from this voluminous …

Many studies have examined the accuracy of predictions of future memory performance
solicited through judgments of learning (JOLs). Among the most robust findings in this …