Show students how to direct their own learning

By Lauren Stephenson2019-04-10T09:42:00

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Planning for success

Students who can plan, monitor and evaluate their own learning are more metacognitively aware and are therefore more successful learners. This article describes and offers resources for two ways to teach students how to do this.

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