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Mayo, Cris – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2020
In her thoughtful examination of the complexities of identity in the article "Political and Metaphysical: Reflections on Identity, Education, and Justice" (EJ1277341), Lauren Bialystok provides a full and incisive vocabulary for thinking through the tensions among authentic, political, and social recognition-requiring aspects of…
Descriptors: Educational Philosophy, Metacognition, Self Concept, Political Attitudes
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Miller, Patricia H. – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2006
The Kuhn and Pease (p. 279, this issue) article advances the fields of cognitive development and learning by integrating work on executive functions, metacognition, and scientific reasoning. The article also expands developmental work to older children and adults, to personal beliefs, and to social information, and reinvigorates the construct of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Cognitive Development, Thinking Skills, Brain Hemisphere Functions
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Flavell, John H.; And Others – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1995
Reports results of 14 studies on children's knowledge about thinking. Suggests that preschoolers appear to know that thinking is an internal mental activity that can refer to real or imaginary objects or events. However, preschoolers are poor at determining when a person is and is not thinking. This shortcoming is considerably less evident in…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes