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Wider, Clarice; Wider, Walton – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2023
A number of studies have demonstrated a connection between metacognition and the ability to solve problems. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the effect of metacognitive skills on Physics problem-solving skills among Form Four secondary school students in Sabah, Malaysia. This study included 248 students from 13 secondary schools in the Kota…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Physics, Problem Solving, Secondary School Students
Jhon Jairo Ramírez-Echeverry; Felipe Restrepo-Calle; Stephanie Torres Jiménez – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study investigates the self-regulated learning strategies employed by students in computer programming courses. Utilising the Questionnaire on Learning Strategies in Computer Programming (CEAPC), the research aims to identify specific strategies used by students. The findings reveal a variety of effective learning strategies, including…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Strategies, Programming, Computer Science Education
Emine Zerdali; Eray Egmir – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2025
This study examines the relationship between secondary school students' reflective thinking skills toward problem solving and their metacognitive awareness. Using the correlational survey method, this study selected a sample of 571 secondary school students from Afyonkarahisar province during the 2022-2023 academic year using the convenient…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Reflection, Thinking Skills, Problem Solving
Scheibe, Daniel A.; Fitzsimmons, Charles J.; Mielicki, Marta K.; Taber, Jennifer M.; Sidney, Pooja G.; Coifman, Karin; Thompson, Clarissa A. – Metacognition and Learning, 2022
The advent of COVID-19 highlighted widespread misconceptions regarding people's accuracy in interpreting quantitative health information. How do people judge whether they accurately answered health-related math problems? Which individual differences predict these item-by-item metacognitive monitoring judgments? How does a brief intervention…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Problem Solving, Prediction
Yorulmaz, Alper; Uysal, Hümeyra; Çokçaliskan, Halil – Journal of Research and Advances in Mathematics Education, 2021
Metacognitive awareness is a variable that is thought to affect beliefs in problem solving. When the literature is examined, it is seen that the studies mostly focus on metacognitive awareness and problem solving skills. Therefore, the aim is to determine pre-service primary school teachers' metacognitive awareness and beliefs in mathematical…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Metacognition, Student Attitudes
Köse, Neslihan; Günes, Firdevs – Journal of Education and Learning, 2021
Background: Lately in national and international reports, there has been an increasing interest on the significance of the development of reading skills. Countries are facing the problem of a decrease in reading habits (Niemann, 2016; Iyengar, 2007). Method: This study examines the perceived use of metacognitive strategies among undergraduate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Freshmen, College Seniors, Student Characteristics
Wallace, Matthew P.; Li, Vina Meilin; Huang, Tracy Cuishi; He, Nicole Cuiyu – TESL-EJ, 2021
Using metacognitive strategies to enhance EFL reading comprehension is well-established, but it remains unclear how strategy use may differ according to individual reader characteristics like gender and reading ability. To address this limitation in the literature, 137 Chinese EFL university students completed a reading comprehension task and the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Reading Comprehension, English (Second Language)
Investigation of Metacognition Awareness Levels and Problem Solving Skills of Middle School Students
Sevgi, Sevim; Karakaya, Mustafa – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2020
The aim of this study was to analyze middle school students' metacognition awareness levels and problem solving skills. The research was carried out with a total of 1595 middle school students studying in the 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in a middle school in a city of the Central Anatolia Region. The metacognitive awareness scale (MAS) form B…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Metacognition, Problem Solving
Do, Hieu Manh; Phan, Huong Le Thu – Arab World English Journal, 2021
Metacognitive awareness is considered a crucial factor in reading comprehension. In the present study, the quantitative research method was applied using descriptive statistics, T-test, and ANOVA to identify: (1) What is second language (L2) Vietnamese students' metacognitive awareness of reading strategies? (2) Are there any significant…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Laskasky, Katie A. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This mixed methods study explores secondary students' math identities. The primary purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationships among students' math identities, their perceived problem solving practices, and their perceived self-regulated learning strategies. This study holds implications for teachers, school administrators,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Self Concept
Safia, Bensaad; Ghania, Ouahmiche – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2020
Promoting students' knowledge of the reading process as well as their metacognitive awareness of reading strategies has become a crucial issue of ESP teaching and undoubtedly an obligatory subject in higher education. Relevant to this, the present paper tries to examine Algerian ESP students' awareness and use of reading strategies, especially…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, English for Special Purposes, Metacognition, Gender Differences
Zhao, Ningning; Teng, Xichun; Li, Wenting; Li, Yanhua; Wang, Shuaiming; Wen, Hongbo; Yi, Mengya – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
Metacognition is a powerful predictor for learning performance, and for problem-solving. But how metacognition works for cognitive strategies and learning performance is not clear. The present study was designed to explore how metacognition affected the cognition (learning strategies and problem solving strategies) and different kinds of learning…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Problem Solving, Psychometrics, Gender Differences
Antony, N. J.; Tripathi, Shruti – International Journal of Educational Management, 2023
Purpose: Literature suggests that less attention has been paid on teacher's and head of the school's outlook on when to introduce life skills education, which are the most important to be focused and developed first, and their opinion on effort already made to develop life skills among the students. Hence, the present study aims to focus on the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Administrator Attitudes, Public Schools, Private Schools
Asikcan, Mehmet; Saban, Ahmet – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
The main purpose of this study is to determine prospective teachers' metacognitive awareness levels of reading strategies. A quantitative surve method was used. Participants consisted of 150 prospective primary teachers and 150 prospective Turkish language teachers from Necmettin Erbakan University in Turkey. The data were collected through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Metacognition, Reading Strategies
Al Shabibi, Amal A.; Alkharusi, Hussain – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2018
This study aimed to investigate differences in the mathematical problem-solving and metacognitive skills of the fifth-grade students in Oman as a function of gender and level of academic achievement. The participants were 90 grade five students randomly selected from one educational governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. They were evenly divided…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Metacognition, Intelligence Tests