Metacognition is thinking about one's own thinking. Metacognitive strategies in the classroom involve teachers increasing “the awareness that learners have about their general academic strengths and weaknesses and of the cognitive resources they can apply to meet the demands of particular tasks” (Annevirta & Vauras, 2006, p.198). It is about teaching students to become effective self-driven learners. Some of the other strategies on this site fall under the category of metacognition, such as think-aloud modeling, reflection, and aspects of others, but it is worth teaching students metacognition as a specific learning skill. Teaching a growth mindset, to identify their own lack of understandings, and identifying when metacognition is happening as part of other activities will strengthen students ability to learn. In a visual arts integrated classroom, with few ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ answers to a project, students must increase their metacognitive abilities in order to create and defend a quality response to the project prompt.