Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
When students hit cognitive roadblocks, these strategies will help them pause, rethink their approach, and reengage with their learning process.
Students will get stuck. It’s an inevitable and important part of the learning process. But without the ability to work through a cognitive roadblock, students may simply give up and forfeit progress entirely. Metacognition—the higher-order thinking skill that helps us evaluate, analyze, and monitor our own cognitive processes—can help students develop the tools to tackle those obstacles and refresh their approach to problem solving. Fortunately, there are some concrete, teachable strategies students can use when they need to hit the metacognitive reset button and kickstart their thinking.
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When students hit cognitive roadblocks, these strategies will help them pause, rethink their approach, and reengage with their learning process.
Students will get stuck. It’s an inevitable and important part of the learning process. But without the ability to work through a cognitive roadblock, students may simply give up and forfeit progress entirely. Metacognition—the higher-order thinking skill that helps us evaluate, analyze, and monitor our own cognitive processes—can help students develop the tools to tackle those obstacles and refresh their approach to problem solving. Fortunately, there are some concrete, teachable strategies students can use when they need to hit the metacognitive reset button and kickstart their thinking.
For more strategies on brain-based learning, visit: edutopia.org/topic/brain-based-learning
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#brainbasedlearning #studentengagement #teachingstrategies
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