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Examining Cyclical Phase Relations and Predictive Influences of Self-Regulated Learning Processes on Mathematics Task Performance
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Callan, Gregory L.; Cleary, Timothy J. – Metacognition and Learning, 2019
The current study used microanalytic interviews and behavioral traces to examine sequential phase relations among forethought, performance, and self-reflection processes, and to investigate the predictive influence of these processes on mathematics performance of 96 eighth grade students. Consistent with expectations, students' microanlaytic goals…
Descriptors: Prediction, Learning Processes, Metacognition, Learning Strategies
Feedback during Active Learning: Elementary School Teachers' Beliefs and Perceived Problems
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van den Bergh, Linda; Ros, Anje; Beijaard, Douwe – Educational Studies, 2013
Giving feedback during active learning is an important, though difficult, task for teachers. In the present study, the problems elementary school teachers perceive and the beliefs they hold regarding this task were investigated. It appeared that teachers believe conditional teacher skills, especially time management, hinder them most from giving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Feedback (Response), Elementary School Teachers
Self-Regulation and Gender within a Game-Based Learning Environment
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Nietfeld, John L.; Shores, Lucy R.; Hoffmann, Kristin F. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
In this study, we examined how self-regulated learning (SRL) and gender influences performance in an educational game for 8th-grade students (N = 130). Crystal Island--Outbreak is an immersive, inquiry-based, narrative-centered learning environment featuring a microbiology science mystery aligned with 8th-grade science curriculum. SRL variables…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Self Control, Gender Differences, Grade 8
Direct Instruction of Metacognition Benefits Adolescent Science Learning, Transfer, and Motivation: An In Vivo Study
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Zepeda, Cristina D.; Richey, J. Elizabeth; Ronevich, Paul; Nokes-Malach, Timothy J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Prior studies have not tested whether an instructional intervention aimed at improving metacognitive skills results in changes to student metacognition, motivation, learning, and future learning in the classroom. We examined whether a 6-hr intervention designed to teach the declarative and procedural components of planning, monitoring, and…
Descriptors: Direct Instruction, Metacognition, Educational Benefits, Adolescents