Recommendation 5 of the EEF’s ‘Improving Mathematics in key stage two and three’ guidance report suggests that helping pupils to develop metacognitively can be effective in developing their problem-solving knowledge. This means the pupils will have the ability to independently plan, monitor and evaluate their thinking and learning during the problem-solving process. But what does this look like in the classroom?
This staff meeting starter promotes discussion about how to encourage pupils to take responsibility for and take an active role in, their own learning through developing metacognition: the ability to independently plan, monitor and evaluate their thinking and learning.
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