My research agenda has been primarily focused on how learners use metacognitive knowledge in learning situations.
Metacognitive knowledge is assumed to play a role in optimal performance on a cognitive task.
Learners should take what they know about their abilities, about different strategies, and the situation, and make decisions about strategy use and effort allocation. Concepts of mental activities and verbs in children of high and average verbal intelligence. Benefits of peer collaboration on strategy use, metacognitive causal attributions, and recall. Where gifted children do and do not excel on metacognitive tasks.