Listen and learn, the saying goes. But are students and teachers these days fully listening to each other? What, exactly, is good listening, and why does it matter when it comes to learning? Is "close ...

A few years ago, as a teacher at a New York City middle school, in Brooklyn, I was administering the listening portion of a standardized test. “Listen,” I read aloud from the teacher’s manual. I ...

Desoete, A. 2008. Multi-method assessment of metacognitive skills in elementary school children: How you test is what you get. Metacognition and Learning 3 (3): 189 ...