What happens inside the brain when students think in a metacognitive way?
Metacognition is hardwired into the brain - offering teachers a powerful lever to boost student reflection and confidence.
How does the brain support metacognitive thinking?
This research explores Thinking About Thinking: A coordinate-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies of metacognitive judgements (Vaccaro & Fleming, 2018), a neuroscience study that reveals the brain's architecture behind student reflection.
Conducted across 47 neuroimaging studies (n = 2,215), this research shows how metacognitive thinking activates
