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Interesting article aimed at secondary faculty members to enhance their teaching skills. The author drew an interesting and humorous analogy between metacognition and American Idol (and other reality shows). Which I think it's certainly something everyone can relate to having seen at least a few minutes of the "bad singers" that kick off each season of American Idol. I think this is relatable because I'm sure everyone would agree that at some point in our lives we have mistaken ourselves for being better at something than we really are...which is the opposite of metacognition. In contrast, to continue with the Idol example, if one is able to recognize how poor of a singer they are, then in turn take voice lessons, practice singing often, listening to their singing and critiquing and making a plan to fix the issue and ultimately change course to actually become a better singer- that is the basis of metacognition. This article also illustrates several ways to enhance the classroom activity to help both students and instructor assess understanding.

Interesting article aimed at secondary faculty members to enhance their teaching skills. The author drew an interesting and humorous analogy between metacognition and American Idol (and other reality shows). Which I think it's certainly something everyone can relate to having seen at least a few minutes of the "bad singers" that kick off each season of American Idol. I think this is relatable because I'm sure everyone would agree that at some point in our lives we have mistaken ourselves for being better at something than we really are...which is the opposite of metacognition. In contrast, to continue with the Idol example, if one is able to recognize how poor of a singer they are, then in turn take voice lessons, practice singing often, listening to their singing and critiquing and making a plan to fix the issue and ultimately change course to actually become a better singer- that is the basis of metacognition. This article also illustrates several ways to enhance the classroom activity to help both students and instructor assess understanding.

A lot of helpful articles specifically for pharmacy education!

This is a video of the 2012 American Psychological Association "Diane Halpern" lecture on metacognition in education. Dr. Elizabeth Yost Hammer, the faculty developer at Xavier Univerisity, discusses the importance of developing incoming college students' metacognition and the techniques to do so. From 0:00 - 07:00, Dr. Hammer discusses the term, metacognition, and applies it to the typical student with poor self-assessment skills. During 11:00 - 16:30, characteristics of incoming high-school students are discussed and provides insight into why these students may have poor metacognitive and study skills. Techniques to teach metacognition to students are discussed in detail during 18:30 - 36:30. I would highly recommend this section for those interesting in learning more about formative assessment. Dr. Stephen Chew, also discussed in our lecture, makes a brief appearance at 36:30 - 38:00 and discusses his video series, "How to study hard and still fail..." Finally, Dr. Hammer concludes her lecture with other habits of mind that play a role in the development of metacognition, such as the fixed mindset theory.

Interesting article in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education about learning styles and the profession.

Review article from The American Journal of Pharmacy Education Relates to pharmacy students . Students who do not succeed as well often have several things in common. They do not monitor their learning and are not sure what they do and do not know before an exam. They spend inordinate amounts of time reviewing stuff they already know but not enough time studying on what they do not know. Lastly, they do not know if their study strategies are efficient until after the exam is done. Another interesting article to show the importance of metacognition to make the learning process your own.

Crouch et al., published in the American Journal of Physics, evaluated students understanding of concepts with different modes of demonstrations (passive, active, or no demonstrations). Traditional (passive) demonstration was no more effective in enabling student learning then students that didn't see the demonstration. The study further found that students that were active or engaged in the demonstration had significantly greater understanding. Thus this study showed that it is more effective to have active demonstrations rather then passive (traditional) observations.

This article (which our very own Dr. Haines authored) from the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education is a great reference that discusses types of questions as well as strategies for asking effective questions.