Inclusive Education

This animated film about metacognition from the Smithsonian Institution shares a fun reflection on how and why to use metacognitive practices in the classroom. It shares strategies such as reciprocal teaching and concept mapping.

This video looks at how Jesus Insilada, a top 10 Teacher Prize finalist, uses culture-based education to enable engaging learning for Indigenous children. Students learn through traditional dances, songs, epics, local games, and crafts.

This article unpacks the meaning of metacognition and how it can help children with learning issues to self-regulate and quiet negative self-talk. It also describes the type of questions to ask children to promote deeper reflection.

In this article, Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel shares metacognitive strategies when studying textbook passages. She emphasizes delay between reading a text and re-engaging with it, retrieval practice, and getting the correct answer after one's attempt.

Youki Terada shares metacognitive strategies to use in class, such as exit tickets and pop quizzes. She also shares the importance of asking questions and how these are especially useful when preparing for tests and as review after tests.

This video shows how Eric Crouch, a fifth grade teacher, brings to life the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in his classroom.