Creating Autonomous Learners with Taryn Moir

About this episode

Taryn Moir discusses research-backed practices for creating autonomous learners and shares strategies for developing metacognitive and self-regulatory skills.

Send us Fan Mail Taryn Moir is an educational psychologist focused on bringing research-backed best practices into the classroom. In this episode she describes some of the research she has done and has studied that led to her book, 'How to Create Autonomous Learners: Teaching Metacognitive, Self-regulatory and Study Skills - A Practioner's Guide.' She shares several examples of reading strategies that help students develop their own toolbox of skills that can be used in any classroom an...

People in this episode

Guest: Taryn Moir

Topics covered

• autonomous learners
• educational psychology
• metacognitive skills
• self-regulatory skills
• reading strategies

Keywords

• education
• classroom strategies
• study skills
• best practices

Mentioned in this episode

Products: How to Create Autonomous Learners: Teaching Metacognitive, Self-regulatory and Study Skills - A Practioner's Guide

Books & works: Creating Autonomous Learners, How to Create Autonomous Learners: Teaching Metacognitive, Self-regulatory and Study Skills - A Practioner's Guide

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