“Transfer” is a venerable issue in cognitive development and education. However, its very
existence is the subject of extensive debate, and there is as yet no consensus about its …

The purpose of this review is to present a new perspective on children's development of
transfer of learning. The focus is on transfer of the effectiveness of a skill (ie, improved …

This paper reports on observational approaches developed within a UK study to the
identification and assessment of metacognition and self-regulation in young children in the 3 …

The authors present findings from a large 2-year study exploring the development of self-
regulatory and metacognitive abilities in young children (aged 3 to 5 years) in educational …

This is a particularly exciting time to be writing this book. To begin with, and perhaps most
fundamentally, it is an exciting time to be involved in early years education. For many years …

The aim of the present study is to provide information and suggest ways to improve and
evaluate metacognition in early childhood. Metacognition is important to learning and …

The authors examined memory on a sort-recall task in children 8 to 12 years of age.
Children were first classified as either strategic or nonstrategic on a sort-recall pretest and …

This article reports on evidence collected within a UK study concerning metacognition in
young children in the 3–5-year age range within mathematical contexts. Young children …

The established orthodoxy within metacognition research has been that metacognitive skills
emerge around the age of 8–10 years. However, this position has been challenged by …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews a number of studies that attempt a multi-faceted
exploration of remote transfer, using a traditional experimental approach and a naturalistic …