Primary School Guide To Metacognition

Examples, tips and strategies to successfully embed a metacognitive approach to teaching and learning across your school.

Created by our expert team of former teachers, the guide introduces the importance of metacognitive skills and provides a practical step by step approach to teaching metacognition to primary pupils.

Most teachers support metacognition and self-regulation everyday without realising it, but this automaticity means it can be difficult to teach. This school leader guide aims to bridge the gap between research and practice in the classroom.

Discover the 3 stages of metacognition in the maths classroom, which effective questioning techniques can enhance metacognition, and how CPD can support staff to develop metacognition across your primary school.

Practical tools:

• Step by step guide to teaching metacognition

• Practical examples to activate your pupils’ prior knowledge

• Ideas for independent practice and structured reflection

• Practical metacognitive strategies for the classroom

• A structured approach to embedding metacognition across your school