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Learning Strategies
JOHN. SHUCKSMITH NISBET (JANET.) · 2019
65/100
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Nisbet and Shucksmith were genuinely ahead of their time in pushing metacognition into the classroom conversation, and a 2019 Routledge reissue confirms lasting scholarly relevance. At 104 pages with a 1986 research base, though, it reads more as a historical landmark than a working guide for today's educators. Specialists in learning theory will find it worth tracking down; general readers and practitioners should look for more current syntheses.
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