The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore the effect of varied gender groupings on argumentation skills among middle school students in Taiwan and the United States in a project-based learning environment that incorporated a graph-oriented computer-assisted application (GOCAA). A total of 43 students comprised the treatment condition and were engaged in the collaborative argumentat...

Background: Addressing one’s metacognitive beliefs is a relatively new, yet promising approach in the treatment of adolescent depression. However, multiple aspects of metacognition can be found in cognitive measures that were created prior to this recent focus. Objectives: The current study leveraged data collected from the Oregon Adolescent Depression Project (OADP) to address a series of ques...

A recent study found that, across individuals, gray matter volume in the frontal polar region was correlated with visual metacognition capacity (i.e., how well one's confidence ratings distinguish between correct and incorrect judgments). A question arises as to whether the putative metacognitive mechanisms in this region are also used in other metacognitive tasks involving, for example, memory...

This study investigated the development of group metacognition by three small groups of middle-grade primary school students engaged in the collaborative construction of computer-based mathematical models. The three groups of students were part of a cohort of 30 Grade 4-5 students engaged in the construction of mathematical models within the context of a computer-supported collaborative learnin...

Research indicates that individuals with schizophrenia recover. Recovery, however means different things to different individuals and regardless of what kind of experiences define recovery, the individual diagnosed with the serious mental illness must feel ownership of their recovery. This raises the issue of how mental health services should systematically promote recovery. This paper explores...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to compare a clinical sample with eating disorders to different control samples on self-report measures of metacognition and eating disorder symptoms, in order to investigate the role of metacognition in eating disorders. METHOD The clinical group consisted of 53 female patients with eating disorders who completed the Metacognitions Questionnaire-30 and the ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the pre-service teachers’ metacognitive activities occurring in teaching scientific reasoning skills with POE technique. participants research included six science teachers who were seniors education department at a university west Turkey. holistic single-case design used as method study. Activity Report, an Journal and Semi-structured Metacognition Obse...

Intentional learners are self-directed people who take charge of their education, whether in a setting or an informal setting. Learners practice intentional learning skills choose methodologies and organize studies accordance with interests, preferences, speed. This study embarks on the following objectives: (i) To look into ways how to scaffold experiences among student ritualize learner&r...

Metacognition has been shown to be important in the learning process of students. However, teacher awareness and understanding metacognition seems limited. In this study, we use an interpretivist approach explore how secondary teachers facilitated perceived after participating professional development on metacognitive strategies. First, present themes that emerged from in-depth interviews for p...

In this study, the researchers explored role of metacognition component on reading comprehension ability and in predicting level accuracy metacomprehension. The first stage research used experimental to see effect inferential ability. second using correlational method is study relationship between independent dependent variables. This involved 300 primary school students from 10 schools with a ...