Metacognitive Moves
Toolkit
Interactive Browser-Based Toolkit
for helping learners think about their thinking and take action in real time
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When students can see their own learning process, everything changes. The Metacognitive Moves Toolkit equips the people who support them—tutors, coaches, advisors, and faculty—with research-informed tools to make that invisible process visible.
Designed to integrate seamlessly and immediately into existing coaching, tutoring, and student success programs.
No additional workload. No complicated software to install or learn.
THE CHALLENGE
Your tutors, coaches, and academic success staff want to help students think and take intentional action—not just get answers and follow someone else's path.
But in the moment, it's hard to know what to ask. Sessions can drift into content delivery instead of skill-building. And when students leave, do they know how to support themselves next time?
Most learning support tools focus on what students need to learn.
The real bottleneck is often how they approach learning itself: their awareness of what's working, what's not, and what to do next.
Students who develop metacognitive skills don't just perform better on one assignment. They become better learners.Yet metacognition can feel abstract—hard to teach, hard to practice, hard to make visible.
THE TOOLKIT
The Metacognitive Moves Toolkit gives your team a practical, research-informed framework for building student self-awareness—one conversation at a time.
Instead of abstract theory, it offers concrete tools your learning support team can use immediately:
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Targeted reflection prompts that meet students where they are—whether they're stuck, overwhelmed, or just finished a draft
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Guided questions across four phases of thinking: Planning, Monitoring, Evaluating, and Reflecting
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Facilitator notes that help your team ask better follow-up questions and recognize common student patterns
Who Uses This Toolkit
The Metacognitive Moves Toolkit is designed for anyone who directly supports student learning in higher education. That's not a job title—it's a purpose.
Whether you're called a tutor, coach, advisor, TA, SI leader, mentor, or faculty member, if you help students develop awareness and control over their own learning process, this toolkit was built for you.
The toolkit serves anyone engaged in these activities, regardless of job title or department:
Peer tutors and professional tutors
Academic coaches and success coaches
Supplemental Instruction leaders & facilitators
Academic advisors in developmental conversations
Teaching assistants during office hours
Learning center staff and coordinators
Faculty embedding metacognitive practices in courses
Mentors in structured mentoring programs
This toolkit doesn't replace the expertise of your staff. It amplifies it.
It gives them a shared language and a go-to resource for those moments when a student needs to pause, notice what's happening, and choose a meaningful next step.
The result: More productive sessions. More self-directed, empowered students. More confident facilitators.
“Many accessibility investments focus on access to platforms.
This toolkit focuses on access to learning itself—how students make sense of tasks, feedback, and next steps in real time."
How It Works
Builds learner awareness and control of their own learning
What's Included
READY TO GET STARTED?
Bring the Metacognitive Moves Toolkit to your campus.
Whether you're launching a new tutoring initiative or looking to deepen the impact of an established program, we'll help you find the right fit.
Campus-wide annual licenses are priced affordably at $3.50–$5.00 per student.