Metacognition in the classroom might be characterized by having discussions with students about what is going on inside their heads while thinking is occurring; comparing different students ‘ approaches to problem solving and decision making; identifying what is known, what needs to be known, and how to produce that knowledge; or having students think aloud while problem solving.
Metacognition instruction would include learning how to learn; how to study for a test; and how to use strategies of question asking before, during, and after reading. It-might include helping students become acquainted with their own and other’s learning styles; the intelligences in which they excel; their own learning preferences such as visual, auditory, or kinesthetic; and strategies that can help them in situations that do not match their best learning modalities.