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Chiu, Ming Ming; Chow, Bonnie Wing-Yin; Mcbride-Chang, Catherine – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
We examined whether strategies of memorization, transfer through elaboration, and metacognition accounted for reading, science, and mathematics achievement across 34 countries. 158,848 fifteen-year-olds completed a reading literacy test and a questionnaire. Of these students, 88,401 completed a science test, and 88,590 completed a mathematics…
Descriptors: Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Sciences, Foreign Countries
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Borkowski, John G.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1986
Studies indicate that individual differences in strategy use among mentally retarded and learning disabled students can be explained by a metacognition model which integrates three components--Specific Strategy Knowledge, Metamemory Acquisition Procedures, and General Strategy Knowledge (including beliefs about the causes of successful…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, Individual Differences