Metacognition

American developmental psychologist, John Flavell, is most commonly recognised for introducing the term 'metacognition' as a result of his research in the 1970’s which focused on children’s knowledge and control of their memory processes.

Interesting overview of metacognition

Note

I'm not 100% convinced that "metacognition" isn't much more than a modern reworking of zones of proximal development.

EEF's Metacognition and Self-Regulated Learning

Claims +7 months progress when used well.

7 recommendations:

EEF's Seven-step model

Hattie

John Hattie: Effect Size for teaching metacognitive strategies is 0.69 (highly effective)