Teaching Methodology

Most students don’t know how to learn. More specifically, they don’t know how to look inward to examine their own learning process and which methods are effective for themselves.

That’s where metacognitive strategies come in. They are techniques that help students become more successful learners. This is the reason why VZ Maths took metacognitive learning environment for our children.

Improved metacognition can facilitate both formal and informal learning. In this changing environment, we can improve the performance of new tasks and effectively do problem solving.

What is metacognitive learning?

Metacognition is often referred to as “thinking about thinking process.”. Metacognitive learning is a strategic learning system that helps the students understand and control his or her own cognitive performance. Students often show an increase in self-confidence when they build metacognitive skills. Self-efficacy improves motivation as well as in-depth conceptual understanding. For all age groups, metacognitive knowledge is crucial for efficient independent learning because it fosters forethought and self-reflection.

It’s best explained by many experts as follows…

“Metacognition describes the processes involved when learners plan, monitor, evaluate, and make changes to their own learning behaviours.”

CAMBRIDGE ASSESSMENT, 2017

“Awareness of one’s own thinking, awareness of the content of one’s conceptions, an active monitoring of one’s cognitive processes, an attempt to regulate one’s cognitive processes in relationship to further learning, and an application of a set of heuristics as an effective device for helping people organize their methods of attack on problems in general”

HENNESSEY, 1999

“Metacognition allows people to take charge of their own learning. It involves awareness of how they learn, an evaluation of their learning needs, generating strategies to meet these needs and then implementing the strategies.”

HACKER, 2009

The authors of How Learning Works describe metacognition as a cycle. Check it out in the video below.

1. Why VZ Maths Tuition adopt metacognitive learning?

Metacognition is vital for helping students become self-directed learners which is best approach for both online learning environment and direct classes. We approach our students using metacognitive style from the initial days till now.

After all, there is something compelling on the age of social media, that we have to adopt to the changing learning environment. The future learning method “Online classes” we believed, is now here. Online classes benefit the students in many ways. Also that to portray the classroom and blackboard as more natural, modern, exciting and inspiring, we believe that metacognitive way of teaching is best and efficient way to help them adopt and navigate the complexities of a changing world by developing their self-responsibilities. Students will be self-engaged in lot of logical and analytical work, improve their knowledge and skills and perform profoundly in their exams.

2. What do VZ Maths metacognitive learning method do to our students?

To become self-directed learners, students must learn to

• Assess the demands of the task
• Evaluate their own knowledge and skills
• Plan their approach
• Monitor their progress
• Adjust their strategies as needed

Here VZ Maths guide students to accomplish their target through metacognitive learning method. For example, say the target is achieving high scores in their exams, in-depth knowledge gathering on the subject matter, speed in calculation, throw away the fear of maths or whatever it may be, related to the learning of mathematics as a subject, VZ Maths guides, tutors, mentors and provide all kind of materials required to achieve the target.

3. How will be the futuristic work environment?

The corporate ladder is gone and in its place, is a complex maze. They will inhabit a world of constant change. But how do we help students navigate that maze?

We often hear that our current students will work in jobs that don’t exist right now. But here’s another reality: our current students will be the ones who create those jobs.

Our students can take up different responsibilities and role in their life. Whatever role they take, the future environment requires a self-starters and self-managers.

4. How will VZ Maths metacognitive strategic method benefits for futuristic work environment?

VZ Maths teaching methodology uses metacognitive teaching style to bring in self-manager and self-starters. The metacognitive process of self-direction from beginning as self-starter and becoming a self-manager was completely guided by VZ Maths Tuition. Mathematics needs a professional to guide on analytical and logical skills. Our tutor will be guiding our students not only on developing the skills, they use metacognitive style of understanding the students need to improve their self-responsibility in learning environment.

This is why metacognition is so vital. Metacognition happens when students analyse tasks, set goals, implement strategies and reflect on what we’re learning.

Our VZ Maths Tuition offers wonderful, vibrant and enthusiastic VZ Courses in which it offers from Schedule( The To-do List), Professional Guidance for analytical & logical skills development, practice, doubt clarification, higher order concept discussion and problem solving techniques, how to overcome the fear on mathematics,

speed in calculation lot more and the most important uniqueness of VZ Maths tuitions Strategic approach towards an effective and continuous learning environment and thereby guiding students develop self-learning environment and lifestyle.

Here is how it works…

METACOGNITIVE STRATEGIC	STEP-1	STEP-2	STEP-3
METHOD	Learning & Feedback Conference	Understanding & Reflection Conference	Assessment & Strategic Improvement Conference
VZ Maths OFFERS	ONLINE VIDEO CLASSES LIVE CLASS – 1	SET QUESTION (Higher Order) LIVE CLASS – 2	EXAMS (Unit Tests, Portion Tests, Model Exams) PEFORMANCE ANALYSIS REPORTS,
VFocus / Aim	Targeted help/instruction in learning all topics and subtopics in the respective syllabus and teaching how to solve the problem in their own level of understanding.	Guiding students toward self-learning by making them do higher order set questions on the topics taught and thinking beyond the scope of study.	A conversation about the expert level standards and the actual level where the student lies and help them to achieve the standard on their own self directive way.
Role of the Student	Ask questions and seek out specific feedback for conceptual and logical understanding.	Answer the challenging questions and emphasis on in-depth concepts and problem solving ideas by asking questions and doubts based on the content.	Talk about progress toward specific standards, your strengths and weakness on the subject matter and strategic ideas implemented through the learning process.
Role of the Teacher	Answer questions with accuracy and precision and allow for students to practice a strategy under supervision.	Ask questions, guide students toward higher level of thinking on the particular topic and mentoring on different mathematical problem solving methods and thereby develop self-reflection.	Asks questions about progress and share information based upon evidence of student work. Also analysis their strength and weakness and guide them with appropriate strategy.
Further Application	Students leave with all the doubts clarified on the concepts and methods and steps to solve the mathematical problems in the syllabus and fix a particular work	Students can select the strategies and plan for future improvement based upon self-reflection.	Students can figure out what standards still need to be mastered to attain expert level and how to get there.
Role in Cultivating a Growth Mind-set	Every student has a chance to admit to failure and learn from it.	Every student has a chance to articulate areas where they are growing and where they still need to grow.	Every student is able to realize that there are as many retakes as necessary until they master the standards
Strategic Role on Growth Mind-set	ONLINE VIDEO CLASSES extensions and One on one LIVE CLASSES available on request and necessary action will be taken for the student who indigenously requires it.	One on one LIVE CLASSES available on request and guidance for solving higher level set questions and inducing to involve learning out of box concepts who indigenously requires it.	RE-EXAMS will be conducted on request and further discussion on performance will be organised for the benefit of the student.