Metacognition

How many times have your stu­dents self-pro­fessed their mas­tery of learn­ing while bran­dish­ing an over­sized high­lighter and show­cas­ing flu­o­res­cent, yel­low-coat­ed pages of text? When we hear this, our minds respond with thoughts such as “you stud­ied but what did you learn?” Accord­ing to the online Bri­tan­ni­ca dic­tio­nary (2024), “when you study some­thing, you have not…

by Rachel Goodliffe, Teach­ing and Learn­ing Fac­ul­ty Devel­op­er, CTLI and Prac­ti­cal Nurse Instruc­tor, Prac­ti­cal Nurs­ing Pro­gram Mem­o­ry is a key fac­tor to suc­cess­ful learn­ing. When infor­ma­tion in long term mem­o­ry is repeat­ed­ly accessed, it sup­ports eas­i­er recall and con­sol­i­da­tion (Oak­ley, ND, Zakra­jsek, 2022). Repeat­ed recall of infor­ma­tion from long term mem­o­ry strength­ens the path­ways to…