Grades Knowledge Metacognitive Skills 
eSchool News
JUNE 26, 2025
In the eighth grade, he started working on a math program that uses AI to provide just-in-time feedback and contextual hints. Every student has a unique background, and their prior knowledge and experiences in math can vary widely. Teachers work incredibly hard to help students meet grade-level expectations and excel.
Catlin Tucker
SEPTEMBER 22, 2018
Metacognition is defined as thinking about one’s thinking or learning. More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). SMARTGoalsStudents.
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eSchool News
JUNE 4, 2024
Most academic interventions focus on core knowledge and basic skills: Let’s practice two-digit addition. These kinds of exercises can help students make marginal gains in reading, math, and general content knowledge, but they don’t address the root of the problem: learning how to think and how to learn.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Most academic interventions focus on core knowledge and basic skills: Lets practice two-digit addition. These kinds of exercises can help students make marginal gains in reading, math, and general content knowledge, but they dont address the root of the problem: learning how to think and how to learn.
Catlin Tucker
AUGUST 12, 2019
We must explicitly teach these skills and give students time in class to practice them. Starting the year with routines designed to encourage students to develop their metacognitive skills can yield deeper learning all year long. 4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking. #5 What are you grading and why ?
eSchool News
JANUARY 23, 2023
Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Consider implementing the following categories and grading them on a scale of 1–5: Building Block: How much future learning is dependent on this standard? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day!
eSchool News
JANUARY 23, 2023
Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Consider implementing the following categories and grading them on a scale of 1–5: Building Block: How much future learning is dependent on this standard? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day!
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