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Click on the clip to view the full video on YouTube. Students who are falling behind in college are far more capable of success than they may believe. As educators, parents, and casual observers of human behavior, we often see these students’ potential even as they...

Click on the clip to view the full video on YouTube.Ever wonder why some individuals seem in control of their thinking, learning, and performance in school? They are the efficient studiers, the quick learners, and eventually the high performers in the workplace. They...

Click on the clip to view the full video on YouTube.In part 1 of Metacognition Matters, I focused on metacognition and metacognitive knowledge. And we learned about three students whose belief that they aren’t good writers came from very different metacognitive...

Click on the clip to view the full video on YouTube.Students spend months preparing for the exam. They take copious notes, study in groups, and log many individual study hours. Yet none of their efforts lead to the exam results they expect. They feel frustrated and...

Click on the video to watch the entire short lesson on YouTube.The purpose of the Go for Green constructive learning method is to help students strategically use their thinking skills to transform course content and course topics into more valuable course learning...

Click on the clip to view the full video on YouTube.Remember this simple phrase: yellow and blue make green. In other words, the primary colors yellow and blue must be combined to produce the secondary color green. The yellow represents the modes of thinking students...

Dr. Helen, an English professor at a historically Black college, worked diligently to create what she believed were sound learning outcomes. Unfortunately, her only motivation for creating those outcomes was to fulfill an institutional requirement. Once they were...

Systems are designed to produce predictable results. In fact, expecting different results from the same system is a recipe for insanity. The relationship between professors and students is an academic system in which their interactions produce particular course...

High school doesn’t always prepare students for college success. It tends to focus on studying content, whereas college focuses on producing outcomes. Some new thinking skills and a return to fundamentals can set students on the right track.THE ABCS OF ACADEMIC...

Professors guide their classes through complex sequences, rules, and steps in the problem-solving process. Students then solve the problems along with them. They leave class feeling confident that they can solve similar problems on their own. But then they struggle...