The professional learning community is an environment in which teacher metacognition can be nurtured¶

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Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r3 · q2
Currency · newest study 2012 · checked against its sources 2026-10-20 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

Reading the evidence codes

q is the design tier, i the impact, n the sample, and the kind with its r the rigour judged within that kind: what each code means.

This claim: no standardized effect is recorded in observations/ for it yet, so no benchmark reading is possible.

q2 i? All three teacher participants were able to recognize and describe their metacognition, and reported that the PLC environment developed or nurtured that thinking. → Prytula 2012

Evidence¶

Prytula 2012¶

Prytula, M. P. (2012). Teacher Metacognition within the Professional Learning Community. International Education Studies. https://doi.org/10.5539/ies.v5n4p112

q2 · i? · qualitative · r3

Phenomenological study of three female PLC leaders (Tracey, Lisa, Jacki) using stimulated-recall metacognitive interviews and member-checking. The findings section reports that "the PLC was not only an environment where metacognition could occur" but also nurtured it.

"Both of these were found to be true, as all three participants we able to recognize and describe their metacognition. In addition, however, was that the PLC was not only an environment where metacognition could occur, but that it was also an environment where metacognitive thinking could be developed or nurtured."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

Metacognition — outcome: instruction changes it

Participation in mathematics PLC changed teachers' collaboration norms, understanding of mathematics and its teaching, and ability to design and carry out teaching — the general claim this finding bears on, with the studies behind it
Disagreements within a PLC can catalyze teacher learning rather than impede it — related
PLC leaders' recognition of their own metacognition impacted the type of work they led in the PLC — related
Teacher metacognition in PLCs appears at both a lower level (reflecting on what one does) and a higher level (reflecting on how one reflects) — related
Team-based professional development can help higher education teachers learn to reflect critically on their teaching, but true reflection is often not achieved — related

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