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Research-led explanations of human capacity, learning and technological change. Start with the foundations, then follow the evidence and related ideas as the Learning Hub grows.

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John Flavell: the origins of metacognition research

John H. Flavell helped give modern psychology a language for the mind’s ability to know about, monitor and regulate its own cognition. His work grew from developmental psychology rather than from a single adult introspection task, and its influence is best understood alongside the questions, limits and later refinements it opened.

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Judgment

Judgment is an assessment or estimate made from evidence, expectations and context before or apart from a choice.

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