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The Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education (CASE) programme was a successful thinking skills intervention. The thinking skills strategies introduced in this programme were found to improve pupils’ learning and attainment science and also in English and maths. 
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You may like to consider the extent to which your pupil’s meta-cognitive strategies (pupils reflecting on their own thinking processes) could be enhanced. You could review and monitor your own teaching and pupil’s learning. You might like to reflect, for instance on the extent to which you: • set clear cognitive goals for pupils – do they have a clear picture of the knowledge they need to demonstrate? • model strategies for learning with pupils – do the ways in which you illustrate knowledge and understanding also illustrate how your pupils might acquire it? • encourage meta-cognitive discussion and reflection between pupils – do the learning strategies you use help your pupils reflect on why and how the knowledge they are acquiring will help them – as well as leading them to it in the first place? Moving forward You should now have an idea of your pupils’ use of meta-cognitive strategies and how your teaching can influence them. In what way could you use the information that you have gained to help you develop classroom environments that encourage pupils to engage with meta-cognition? Have you considered giving pupils regular problem solving tasks which require them to reflect on their thinking? Find out more  Find out more about the CASE and CAME thinking skills interventions at:http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/themes/thinkingskills/6553/6562 You can find out more about thinking skills on the TRIPS website at: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/research/ |
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