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Metacognition in Educational Research: Origins, Theoretical Traditions, and Current Challenges

2026-03-09

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<p>Metacognition, broadly defined as the human capacity to monitor and regulate one’s own cognitive processes, has become a central construct in educational and cognitive psychology. Yet its historical development has produced a plurality of definitions, models, and methods that continue to generate conceptual and methodological tensions. This article offers a narrative, integrative review of the field, tracing ho...

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Literature Corpus work: 5ed31bb1-f0c1-5682-9910-1397109d339f
DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/wzk7r_v1

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