معرفی
Jim McDougall is a faculty member at Tacoma Community College specializing in metacognitive approaches to STEM education across physics, geology, and environmental sciences courses. He focuses on creating inclusive learning environments for diverse commuter-campus students.
His research centers on metacognition and self-regulated learning, examining how students transfer scientific thinking strategies between disciplines (e.g., mineral identification to medical diagnosis). He implements inquiry-based methods with reflective journaling, team problem-solving, and strategy adaptation exercises across experimental and exploratory coursework.
McDougall emphasizes collective reflective analysis in heterogeneous student groups, noting how learners negotiate ideas against universal assumptions. His work addresses challenges in designing metacognitive exercises for diverse learners, particularly in geology contexts like water percolation modeling.
He actively participates in professional development through workshops like the 2008 Metacognition Workshop, seeking strategies to empower learners and reduce teacher dependence.
