Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) is a transdisciplinary area that joins neuroscience, psychology, education to inform teaching practice educational policy with research can be translated into applicable reflective tenets principles of how students learn more effectively. It well established in the MBE literature what leads success are not only cognitive abilities but also beliefs attitudes towa...

The study of learning and memory has a long and veritable history in psychological research. One recent and important development is the growth of research in metamemory—the study of what people understand about their memory and how they use that knowledge to direct their own learning experiences in service of their goals. Metamemory research has been guided in part by the framework proposed by...

The present study was undertaken to investigate the relationship between metacognition, self-confidence and family environment of 10+1 students. sample consisted 800 students selected randomly from four districts Haryana (India). Metacognition Inventory by Govil (2003), Self-confidence inventory Agnihotri (1987) Family Environment scale Bhatia Chadha (1993) were used. findings indicate that the...

Considering the fact that academic curricula asks of students to perform better in an ever increasing information world and to be able to solve problems efficiently, this study was aimed at verifying if students will develop metacognition, the ability to reflect on one’s own cognitive processes to a significant degree, after receiving a short term training in concept-mapping, an information org...

Learning and thinking are synergistic actions of the way people develop knowledge to adapt to the world. The actions are collateral cognitive operations that share a unitary outcome of performance. And yet, it is not entirely clear how the operations actually take place-either at the neurological level of the brain, the metaphoric level of the mind, or the action-oriented level of behavior. In ...

Integration of metacognition strategies can increase the students’ knowledge about their own learning and empower them to self-regulate their learning process. To evaluate the students’ metacognitive abilities and how it contributes to their learning process as well as overall academic performance, a study was conducted in an introductory first-year, engineering classroom. Due to limited intera...

Background Cognitive intervention is a broad field that uses different means to increase or maintain these capacities. One of the aspects worked in memory training interventions refers beliefs about performance, control and aging regarding this function old age. More favorable towards age, performance capacity greater self-perceived are related successful feelings well-being. The aim present st...