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In 1992 Schoenfeld wrote an excellent "review" of (among other things) metacognition as it applies to mathematics: whether from the perspective of a student, or a teacher.

Metacognition, as quoted by Schoenfeld from Flavell, is:

Metacognition refers to one's knowledge concerning one's own cognitive processes or anything related to them...

In Schoenfeld's lengthy review, the sections most relevant to metacognition are:

  • Self-regulation, or monitoring and control (pg. 57 of this)
  • Beliefs and affects (pg. 67 of this)
  • Teacher beliefs (pg.71 of this)
  • Societal beliefs (pg. 73 of this)
  • Practices (pg. 74 of this)

1992 was a long while back. What are some newer resources that talk about metacognition? One book I can think of is A mind for numbers, by Barbara Oakley. Any other recommendations?

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    Have you read Schoenfeld's more recent book, How We Think? Also, I assume you are asking for specific recommendations, but a general search of google books has some nice returns: 2010-2015. – Benjamin Dickman Mar 31 '15 at 01:56
  • @BenjaminDickman Yes, I am looking for specific recommendations by people who have read or made use of the books they are recommending. – bzm3r Mar 31 '15 at 01:57
  • @BenjaminDickman P.S. I had not heard of Schoenfeld's book! Would you like to write up an answer? – bzm3r Mar 31 '15 at 01:57
  • I'm finally going through Schoenfeld's book now; if still desirable, i could try to write up an answer drawing from it (once I'm through reading/digesting!). Let me know... – Benjamin Dickman Feb 09 '16 at 01:58
  • @BenjaminDickman Always desirable :) Please do write something up! – bzm3r Feb 09 '16 at 05:34
  • @BenjaminDickman I second user89's encouragement to provide a write-up. – J W Aug 11 '16 at 10:42
  • Possibly relevant post: https://matheducators.stackexchange.com/questions/10939/is-metacognition-ever-bad – kcrisman Mar 11 '19 at 13:57

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