Thinking about thinking.
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People of the Week:
Rick LaVoie
Rick LaVoie is a leading researcher in educating students with learning disabilities and helping them find the ways they learn best. He constantly uses metacognition and encourages others to do so as well.
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was a women's rights activist who fought for women's right to vote. She would use metacognition to help her prepare speeches and would encourage others to think for themselves.
Movie of the Week: The Rescuers Down Under
In The Rescuers Down Under, a boy gets kidnapped in Australia and the Rescuers must use metacognition to figure out how to find the boy.
Song of the Week: TBD
<<<Check back tomorrow for the SotW!>>>
Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/metacognition
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Rescuersduposter.jpg/220px-Rescuersduposter.jpg
http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/douglass/exb/womensRights/frdo1057_susan_b_anthony.jpg
http://www.casablanca-productions.com/sitebuilder/images/Rick_Lavoie-285x304.jpg
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