Developing students' metacognitive skills through the use of mental visualization tools

Metacognitive skills are the ability of students to recognize, control, and regulate their thought
processes. In recent years, researchers have been paying special attention to the development of these
skills, as they are key to the formation of autonomous learning, critical thinking and success in an
academic environment.
The main purpose of the study was to study the effectiveness of thinking visualization tools in
the development of students' metacognitive skills.
Theoretical methods: analysis of scientific literature, comparative analysis of approaches to
visualization of thinking, empirical methods: pedagogical experiment, student testing, surveys and
questionnaires, statistical methods: quantitative analysis of academic performance, data processing
using methods of correlation and comparative analysis.
This article presents the results of a practical study conducted during the academic year at the
Nazarbayev Intellectual School of Chemical and Biological Sciences in Pavlodar among 11th grade
students taught in English.