Do we need to teach children how to think? This is the focus of Nord Anglia Education’s newly published research, in collaboration with Boston College. By embedding metacognitive practices into ...

Metacognition is a high order thinking skill that is emerging from the shadows of academia to take its rightful place in classrooms around the world. As online classrooms extend into homes, this is an ...

A study published in PLOS Mental Health explores the role of metacognition in mental health, focusing on its association with anxiety-depression and compulsivity, with an emphasis on how these ...

Ricky J. Sethi has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Google and Amazon. Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t ...

Have you ever had the experience of rereading a sentence multiple times only to realize you still don’t understand it? As taught to scores of incoming college freshmen, when you realize you’re ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Ricky J. Sethi, Fitchburg State University; Worcester Polytechnic Institute (THE ...