By Lodge and Larmar, This article focuses on how significant it is to encourage metacognitive processing as a means of increasing student retention, enhancing university engagement and lifelong learning.
Larmar, S. & Lodge, J. (2014). Making sense of how I learn: Metacognitive capital and the first year
university student. The International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 5(1). 93-105. doi:
10.5204/intjfyhe.v5i1.193
“Elizabeth Yost Hammer, PhD, of Xavier University of Louisiana, discusses why psychology teachers are uniquely positioned not only to teach the content of psychology but also to teach students how to learn. Hammer presents some strategies to teach metacognitive skills in the classroom to enhance learning and improve study skills and encourages teachers to present students with information about Carol Dweck’s model of the “Fixed Intelligence Mindset.””
Dr. Elizabeth Yost Hammer’s Presentation (45 Minutes)
“Dr. Derek Cabrera is an internationally recognized expert in metacognition (thinking about thinking), epistemology (the study of knowledge), human and organizational learning, and education. He completed his PhD and post-doctoral studies at Cornell University and served as faculty at Cornell and researcher at the Santa Fe Institute. He leads the Cabrera Research Lab, is the author of five books, numerous journal articles, and a US patent. Derek discovered DSRP Theory and in this talk he explains its benefits and the imperative for making it part of every students’ life.”
DSRP consists of four interrelated structures (or patterns), each structure has two opposing elements. The structures and their elements are:
https://youtu.be/dUqRTWCdXt4 (15 minutes)