How does adolescent brain developement impact metacognition and self regulation

How does adolescent brain development impact metacognition and self regulation?

For adolescent students, brain development does impact their metacognition and self-regulation skills because the prefrontal cortex isn't developed quite yet, and this makes it hard for them to exercise the proper decision-making skills. They are very emotional reactors and this makes it so that they might give into impulses and not self-regulate as much as adults would.

How will I help my students develop the 3 metacognitive knowledge types and the 3 metacognitive skills?

I will help my students develop declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, and self regulatory knowledge by

• Helping them apply knowledge to tasks
• Helping them to judge progress of tasks
• Helping them to be self-motivated and assertive

I will help my students develop the 3 metacognitive skills of planning, monitoring, and evaluating by:

• Teaching them how to study effectively.
• Teaching them how to set goals for themselves and work with their teachers to set goals as well.
• Teaching them how to stop and self-evaluate along the way and to check their understanding of material. If they don't understand something, I would like to show them ways of understanding.
• Teaching them to evaluate their progress and their final results.
• Teaching them the questions that they can ask themselves in order to see how they've done ( am i satisfied with the final product? what have I learned along the way? etc.)