Metacognition in the classroom: What it looks like and how to foster it

Metacognition is generally regarded as being the awareness or control of thinking for learning. John Flavell is an American developmental psychologist that specializes in cognitive development, and he coined the term in 1976. He described it as the ability to think about one’s own thinking, be consciously aware of oneself as a problem solver, monitor, plan, control one’s mental processing, and accurately judge one’s level of learning.