Finally, they evaluate their success, discarding inappropriate strategies, identifying those valuable for future use, and seeking promising alternative approaches. Guided self-evaluation experiences can be introduced through individual conferences and checklists focusing on thinking processes. Gradually self-evaluation will be applied more independently. As students recognize that learning activities in different disciplines are similar, they will begin to transfer learning strategies to new situations. A metacognitive environment encourages awareness of thinking.
Planning is shared between teachers, school library media specialists, and students.
Thinking strategies are discussed. Evaluation is ongoing. In the creation of a metacognitive environment, teachers monitor and apply their knowledge, deliberately modeling metacognitive behavior to assist students in becoming aware of their own thinking. Metacognitive strategies are already in teachers' repertoires. We must become alert to these strategies, and consciously model them for students.