Testing in school is usually done for purposes of assessment, to assign students grades
(from tests in classrooms) or rank them in terms of abilities (in standardized tests). Yet tests …

Over a century of research has established practice testing as a highly robust learning
strategy that promotes long-term retention. However, learners do not always appreciate the …

Metacognition is the first textbook to focus on people's extraordinary ability to evaluate and
control their cognitive processes. This comprehensive text covers both theoretical and …

Metacognition is a complex construct which is fundamental to learning. Its complex, fuzzy
and multifaceted nature has often led to its colloquial application in research, resulting in …

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 …

A widely advocated idea in education is that people learn better when the flow of experience
is under their control (ie, learning is self-directed). However, the reasons why volitional …

The study of metacognition can shed light on some fundamental issues about
consciousness and its role in behavior. Metacognition research concerns the processes by …

This study focused on students' ability to predict and postdict test performance in a
classroom context. Ninety-nine undergraduate students participated during a semester …

People often attribute their reluctance to study texts on screen to technology-related factors
rooted in hardware or software. However, previous studies have pointed to screen inferiority …

This article investigates how people's metacognitive judgments influence subsequent study-
time-allocation strategies. The authors present a comprehensive literature review indicating …