John Flavell's Research

John Flavell of Stanford University is regarded as a foundation researcher in metacognition (Lifecircles, nd). Flavell has been a true inspiration to me as an educator in that we both see the benefits in teaching learners to think about their own thinking. We have both conducted research on the methodology of how learning takes place within the brain. Learning is the process of gathering, processing, storing, and retrieving information. The metacognitive strategy implementation such as self-awareness and self-evaluating is to improve independent readers who can control their own learning and learn, when and how to use those strategies while reading, Flavell (1981). Flavell has taught me that in order to reach all students, cognitive deficits
must be identified within each student so I can guide them to through the process of using metacognition skills to improve their learning skills.