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Title Metacognition in science education : trends in current research / Anat Zohar, Yehudit Judy Dori, editors
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 280 pages)
Series Contemporary trends and issues in science education, 1878-0482 ; v. 40
Contemporary trends and issues in science education ; v. 40.
Contents 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, students' 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
Summary 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 o
Analysis Education
Science Education
Learning & Instruction
Teaching and Teacher Education
Subject Metacognition.
Science -- Study and teaching -- Research
SCIENCE -- Study & Teaching.
Education.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Metacognition
Science -- Study and teaching -- Research
Metacognició.
Ensenyament científic.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Academic theses.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Zohar, Anat
Dori, Y. (Yehudit)
ISBN 9789400721326
9400721323
9400721315
9789400721319