215. Metacognition Toolkit: Ace Your Learning – with Nathan Burns

About this episode

Nathan Burns joins William Wadsworth to discuss metacognition and effective learning strategies for students.

What is metacognition? And how can you use it to plan smarter, reflect on exams and evaluate your daily learning with clarity? We’re joined by Nathan Burns, aka Mr Metacognition, to explore his favourite stackable metacognitive learning strategies that will have you reflecting on and improving your studying at home and in the classroom – from this moment, right through exam season and beyond. Discover how to think metacognitively about: answering questions carefullypre-exam season revis...

People in this episode

Host: William Wadsworth

Guest: Nathan Burns

Topics covered

• metacognition
• learning strategies
• exam preparation
• self-reflection
• study techniques

Keywords

• metacognition
• learning
• study strategies
• exam preparation
• self-reflection

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Organizations: Mr Metacognition

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