RUME 28
2026
Alexandria, Virginia
The Thinking Project: Supporting Metacognitive Growth in Calculus Students
Page: 1359
Many undergraduate mathematics students struggle not only with content but also with the metacognitive skills needed to monitor, regulate, and direct their learning. The Thinking Project (TTP) is a metacognitive support initiative implemented in multiple sections of an Applied Calculus course at a large R1 university. TTP fosters students’ metacognitive awareness through structured, web-based activities embedded throughout the course. These activities encourage self-reflection, increase awareness of course content, academic progress, and learning goals, and are accessible and easy to complete. To investigate the impact of TTP, the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) is being administered at the beginning and end of the semester, and qualitative feedback is being collected to explore students’ perceptions of the activities. This poster presents the project’s theoretical rationale, design, and ongoing data collection process, highlighting a research-informed approach for examining how structured, course-embedded activities can support metacognitive growth in undergraduate mathematics.