?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Developing+metacognition+and+cognitive+strategies+through+the+use+of+metaphor+in+a+Year+11+chemistry+classroom&rft.creator=Thomas%2C+Gregory+P.&rft.subject=Chemistry+Study+and+teaching+(Secondary)&rft.subject=Metacognition&rft.subject=metacognition&rft.subject=metaphor&rft.subject=cognitive+strategies&rft.subject=constructivism&rft.subject=conceptual+change&rft.subject=thesis&rft.subject=doctoral&rft.description=Several+problems+persist+in+relation+to+students'+science+learning.+One+problem+is+that+students+have+often+been+found+to+be+lacking+in+metacognition%2C+that+is%2C+they+show+minimal+evidence+of+knowledge%2C+awareness+and+motivated+application+and+control+of+learning+processes+associated+with+higher+order+learning+including+cognitive+strategies.+A+second+problem%2C+not+restricted+to+science+learning+and+related+to+the+first+problem%2C+is+that+students+have+been+repeatedly+found+to+possess+narrow+views+of+teaching+and+learning+that+restrict+their+willingness+to+be+self-regulators+of+their+own+learning.+Both+problems+are+associated+with+students'+lower+than+desired+learning+outcomes+in+science+education+and+the+as+yet+unresolved+problems+associated+with+students'+possession+of+alternative+conceptions+of+science+phenomena.+A+means+of+communicating+with+students+regarding+alternative+views+of+teaching+and+learning+and+empowering+learning+processes+is+required+to+try+to+address+these+problems.%0D%0A%0D%0AMetaphor+was+identified+as+a+pervasive+and+powerful+means+of+communication+that+underpins+social+and+individual+consciousness%2C+cognition+and+discourse.+Metaphor+has+been+used+extensively+with+teachers+to+bring+about+conceptual+change+related+to+teachers'+conceptions+of+teaching+and+their+learning+practices.+The+possibility+of+using+metaphor+in+order+to+try+to+bring+about+changes+to+students'+metacognition%2C+including+beliefs+about+teaching+and+learning%2C+and+their+learning+processes+was+explored+in+this+research.%0D%0A%0D%0AThis+study+investigated+the+effects+of+an+intervention+that+was+centred+on+the+metaphor%2C+%22learning+is+constructing%2C%22+on+the+metacognition%2C+learning+processes+and+perceptions+of+learning+of+a+class+of+twenty-four+Year+11+chemistry+students.+The+research+questions+asked+whether+students'+metacognitive+knowledge%2C+their+metacognition%2C+and%2For+their+beliefs+about+learning+could+be+changed+by+such+an+intervention.+An+interpretive+methodology%2C+characterised+by+a+multi-methods+approach+and+guided+by+a+constructivist+framework%2C+was+employed+to+gain+insights+into+students'+metacognition%2C+their+learning+processes+and+their+beliefs+about+the+nature+of+teaching+and+learning.+The+researcher+was+the+normal+classroom+teacher+who+engaged+in+the+research+as+a+participant+observer.%0D%0A%0D%0APrior+to+the+intervention+students+were+found+to+have+low+levels+of+metacognition.+Their+learning+processes+were+predominantly+characterised+by+the+enactment+of+metacognitive+knowledge+that+was+consistent+with+their+beliefs+about+teaching+and+learning.+These+beliefs+were+predominantly+congruent+with+a+transmissionist+view+of+educational+practice.+Following+the+intervention+one+half+of+the+class+reported+evidence+of+increased+metacognition.+These+students+also+reported+changes+to+their+metacognitive+knowledge+and+their+learning+processes.+For+some+students+these+changes+were+reflected+in+improved+learning+outcomes.+Some+students+also+reported+evidence+of+changes+to+their+beliefs+about+the+nature+of+teaching+and+learning.+A+key+aspect+of+the+results+was+the+variability+in+the+effect+of+the+intervention%2C+as+no+two+students+reported+identical+changes.+Students'+decisions+in+relation+to+changes+mooted+by+the+metaphor+were+made+with+reference+to+a+variety+of+contextual+factors.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+findings+of+this+study+highlight+the+potential+of+using+metaphor+to+provide+students+with+opportunities+to+consider+theories+of+learning+and+learning+processes+that+that+may+be+alternatives+to+their+current+theories+and+processes.+Such+a+use+of+metaphor+makes+progress+towards+developing+a+language+of+learning+for+use+with+students.+Significantly%2C+the+findings+of+this+study+also+suggest+that+viewing+metacognition+as+an+individually+constructed+yet+socially+mediated+construct+is+useful+for+understanding+the+factors+that+influence+students'+decisions+in+relation+to+becoming+more+metacognitive+%C2%B7or+changing+their+learning+processes.+The+major+implication+for+teaching+is+that+other+classroom+teachers+may+be+able+to+use+metaphor+to+initiate+opportunities+for+students'+to+reflect+on+and+possibly+change+their+beliefs%2C+learning+processes+and%2C+possibly%2C+their+learning+outcomes.+The+full+potential+of+such+a+use+of+metaphor+is+still+unknown+and+directions+for+future+research+are+outlined.&rft.publisher=Queensland+University+of+Technology&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Thesis&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.q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