Critical and creative thinking (executive functioning)
Metacognition
Metacognition - thinking about our thinking - helps students develop an awareness of their unique ways of learning. Students who act upon this awareness tend to learn more effectively.
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Checking your understanding
Frequency: Multiple times daily
Purpose: To help students develop a habit of using self-reflection skills to regularly check-in on their thinking
Paying attention to my thinking
Frequency: Multiple times daily
Purpose: To teach students to understand their own learning processes, become more aware of themselves and be better able to monitor, plan and control their mental processing
Think before you act
Frequency: Daily
Purpose: To develop students' ability to recognize that what they think affects how they feel and act
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