215. Metacognition Toolkit: Ace Your Learning – with Nathan Burns
Sun Feb 08 2026
What is metacognition? And how can you use it to plan smarter, reflect on exams and evaluate your daily learning with clarity?
We’re joined by Nathan Burns, aka Mr Metacognition, to explore his favourite stackable metacognitive learning strategies that will have you reflecting on and improving your studying at home and in the classroom – from this moment, right through exam season and beyond.
Discover how to think metacognitively about:
answering questions carefullypre-exam season revision as a wholepost-exam and post-mock reflectionsmonitoring how your learning is going👇 Your post-listening task: leave a comment and tell us which strategy you want to implement – or use already!
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⭐ About today’s guest, Nathan Burns:
Nathan Burns (aka Mr Metacognition) is an author, educator and expert on metacognition, who offers comprehensive metacognitive training programmes in schools across the UK.
🌐 Discover more: https://www.mrmetacognition.com/home
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🎓 About Exam Study Expert:
Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress.
🎯 Book 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/
📘 Get Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book: https://geni.us/exams *
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Podcast edited by Kerri Edinburgh.
* As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases on suggested books.
Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).
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What is metacognition? And how can you use it to plan smarter, reflect on exams and evaluate your daily learning with clarity? We’re joined by Nathan Burns, aka Mr Metacognition, to explore his favourite stackable metacognitive learning strategies that will have you reflecting on and improving your studying at home and in the classroom – from this moment, right through exam season and beyond. Discover how to think metacognitively about: answering questions carefullypre-exam season revision as a wholepost-exam and post-mock reflectionsmonitoring how your learning is going👇 Your post-listening task: leave a comment and tell us which strategy you want to implement – or use already! ** ⭐ About today’s guest, Nathan Burns: Nathan Burns (aka Mr Metacognition) is an author, educator and expert on metacognition, who offers comprehensive metacognitive training programmes in schools across the UK. 🌐 Discover more: https://www.mrmetacognition.com/home ** 🎓 About Exam Study Expert: Hosted by William Wadsworth, memory psychologist, independent researcher and study skills coach. I help ambitious students to study smarter, not harder, so they can ace their exams with less work and less stress. 🎯 Book 1:1 COACHING to supercharge your exam success: https://examstudyexpert.com/workwithme/ 📘 Get Outsmart Your Exams, my award-winning exam technique book: https://geni.us/exams * ** Podcast edited by Kerri Edinburgh. * As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases on suggested books. Questions? Comments? Requests? Or just want to say "thanks" - send me a text message (I read them all!).