Janet Metcalfe

The purpose of this project is to develop and pilot test an intervention for using students' errors to enhance their learning in mathematics, both by focusing instruction on the problem areas that are most in need of attention, and by examining and correcting the missteps that underlie students' errors. Recent research has shown that committing errors, as long as those errors are corrected, enhances learning as compared to error-free learning. The research team will address how to use errors...

This project will examine children's metacognitive skills, or the ability to assess one's own thought and learning processes. By examining children's use of these skills and strategies, the researchers will then be able to devise interventions addressing weaknesses in this area and remediate them in order to improve learning. By building metacognitive skills and control strategies, children could be better positioned to assess their own knowledge so that they can more effectively allocate ...