Teaching metacognition: Helping engineering students take ownership of their own learning

Patrick Cunningham; Holly M. Matusovich; Deirdre A.N. Hunter; Rachel E. McCord

doi:10.1109/FIE.2015.7344080

Teaching metacognition: Helping engineering students take ownership of their own learning

Patrick Cunningham, Holly M. Matusovich, Deirdre A.N. Hunter, Rachel E. McCord

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Abstract

In this Work In Progress paper, we describe an NSF-funded research project designed to generate transferable tools that can be used to teach and evaluate undergraduate engineering students' metacognitive skills. Metacognition, defined as the knowledge and regulation of one's own cognitive (or thinking) processes, is critically important to student learning and particularly instrumental in problem-solving. Nonetheless, much of the research has occurred in controlled research settings and little is known about how to help students develop metacognitive skills in classroom settings. Through this project, we are working to close this gap by creating and testing a set of interventions designed to help students develop metacognitive skills and to help faculty teach and evaluate this important skill.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference
Subtitle of host publication	Launching a New Vision in Engineering Education, FIE 2015 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479984534
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2015.7344080
State	Published - Dec 2 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2015 - El Paso, United States Duration: Oct 21 2015 → Oct 24 2015

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Name	Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE
Volume	2015
ISSN (Print)	1539-4565

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Other	2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	El Paso
Period	10/21/15 → 10/24/15

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Keywords

metacognition
problem-solving
reflection

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Cunningham, P., Matusovich, H. M., Hunter, D. A. N., & McCord, R. E. (2015). Teaching metacognition: Helping engineering students take ownership of their own learning. In 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: Launching a New Vision in Engineering Education, FIE 2015 - Proceedings Article 7344080 (Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE; Vol. 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2015.7344080

Teaching metacognition: Helping engineering students take ownership of their own learning. / Cunningham, Patrick; Matusovich, Holly M.; Hunter, Deirdre A.N. et al.
2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: Launching a New Vision in Engineering Education, FIE 2015 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7344080 (Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE; Vol. 2015).

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Cunningham, P, Matusovich, HM, Hunter, DAN & McCord, RE 2015, Teaching metacognition: Helping engineering students take ownership of their own learning. in 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: Launching a New Vision in Engineering Education, FIE 2015 - Proceedings., 7344080, Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE, vol. 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE 2015, El Paso, United States, 10/21/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE.2015.7344080

Cunningham P, Matusovich HM, Hunter DAN, McCord RE. Teaching metacognition: Helping engineering students take ownership of their own learning. In 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: Launching a New Vision in Engineering Education, FIE 2015 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7344080. (Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE). doi: 10.1109/FIE.2015.7344080

Cunningham, Patrick ; Matusovich, Holly M. ; Hunter, Deirdre A.N. et al. / Teaching metacognition : Helping engineering students take ownership of their own learning. 2015 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference: Launching a New Vision in Engineering Education, FIE 2015 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. (Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE).

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