This week’s topics describe and define cognitive views of learning. Based on this approach, write a 3-5 page paper including the following: explain the roles of knowledge and metacognition in the learning process; provide your analysis of how the two processes are related; list and explain specific best practices an educator can use to assist students in improving and applying metacognitive skills. 

Provide specific original examples. Support your examples with a minimum of three (3) scholarly references that describe research about metacognition and its application to educational psychology.  Cite all of your sources using APA standards. 

 Complete the following readings from your textbook, Educational Psychology:

• Chapter 8: Cognitive Views of Learning
• Chapter 9: Complex Cognitive Processes