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🧠 Metacognitive strategies
💬 Promoting metacognitive talk
🧩 Scaffolding pupils’ metacognitive thinking
Find them on the guidance page!

Discover the refreshed guidance and start embedding evidence-based approaches in your classroom today:
🔗 tinyurl.com/4db4cjna
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You’ll find updated examples and tools, explainer boxes addressing common misconceptions, and practical strategies to help pupils plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning.

Alongside the guidance, we’ve published three new classroom tools to support implementation:
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🤔 Why the update?

Our original 2018 report was based on a conceptual review.

This refreshed version draws on a systematic evidence review, ensuring it reflects the most up-to-date and robust global research.
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✨ What’s new?
November 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The new edition builds on evidence from 355 studies, strengthening both the rigour and classroom relevance of our recommendations.

✨ Core messages remain
💬 Stronger focus on metacognitive talk
🧩 Fresh examples, tools, and classroom strategies
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