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Sophie Wacker; Claudia M. Roebers – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
When young children evaluate their confidence, their monitoring is often overoptimistic, that is, inaccurate. The present study investigated a potential underlying mechanism for kindergarteners' and second graders' overconfidence within a paired associates learning paradigm. We implemented a pre-monitoring phase motivating children to…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Decision Making, Comparative Analysis, Student Motivation
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Mariëtte van Loon; Claudia M. Roebers – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
This study aims to understand individual differences between children in metacognitive monitoring and control processes and the developmental trajectories of metacognition over one year. Three indicators of procedural metacognition were used: monitoring accuracy (discrimination of confidence judgments between correct and incorrect test responses),…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Metacognition, Task Analysis, Individual Differences
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van Loon, Mariëtte H.; Bayard, Natalie S.; Steiner, Martina; Roebers, Claudia M. – Metacognition and Learning, 2021
Many children have difficulties with accurate self-monitoring and effective regulation of study, and this may cause them to miss learning opportunities. In the classroom, teachers play a key role in supporting children with metacognition and learning. The present study aimed to acquire insights into how teachers' cognitive and metacognitive…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Teaching Methods, Student Centered Learning, Elementary School Students