Inquiry learning and metacognitive activity
Metacognitive skills development is typically fostered by asking students to reflect on and explicitly monitor their learning performance (Lin & Lehman, 1999) . The idea behind this learning 'how to learn' approach is helping students develop, monitor, and revise their own investigative strategies. Regulation of cognition emphasizes that students need to be reflective inquirers to successfully complete their projects, gain a deeper understanding of the domain content and the scientific process, and improve their science skills (Loh et al., 2001) .