HELPING STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO LEARN FROM TEXTS - TOWARDS AN ITS FOR DEVELOPING METACOGNITION

Intelligent tutoring systems have most frequently concentrated on impa rting domain knowledge. However, there is another important aspect to learning. This is the meta level knowledge about how to learn a domain . Metacognition is a very important feature of learning. It consists o f being aware of and regulating one's own cognitions. Good students ha ve full control over their learning and see it as a planful and purpos ive activity. They reflect on their learning activities, are aware of a variety of strategies, and they oversee and monitor the application of these strategies, i.e. they are proficient in metacognitive activit ies. This paper describes a computer based system that helps students to learn these important self regulation skills. Students work with th e system in pairs, and they can use it with any text from which they w ish to learn. Apart from being used as a study aid, the system is bein g used as a tool to gather data about students' learning processes.