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The role of metacognitive skills in learning to solve problems

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‘moni<strong>to</strong>r<strong>in</strong>g’.<br />

Prospective self-reported use <strong>of</strong> <strong>metacognitive</strong> <strong>skills</strong> bears no relation<br />

<strong>to</strong> learn<strong>in</strong>g nor do differences between conditions exist. Retrospective<br />

self-reported use <strong>of</strong> <strong>metacognitive</strong> <strong>skills</strong> shows an <strong>in</strong>teraction effect (see<br />

figure 6.9). Students report<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>frequent use <strong>of</strong> <strong>metacognitive</strong> <strong>skills</strong> ga<strong>in</strong><br />

more general procedural knowledge.<br />

Figure 6.9.<br />

Overview <strong>of</strong> effects <strong>of</strong> metacognition on learn<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

With respect <strong>to</strong> the concurrent measurement <strong>of</strong> metacognition, a ma<strong>in</strong><br />

effect <strong>of</strong> metacognition exists (see figure 6.9). Students who score high<br />

on metacognition (KM META) score higher on KM model-specific procedural<br />

knowledge than students who score low on metacognition.<br />

When the cont<strong>in</strong>uous concurrent variables <strong>of</strong> metacognition (G META<br />

and KM META) are used, correlational analyses show that these measures<br />

are positively related <strong>to</strong> knowledge acquisition but only <strong>in</strong> the<br />

no-model condition (see figure 6.5). In this condition, G META is positively<br />

related <strong>to</strong> the acquisition <strong>of</strong> declarative knowledge and KM META<br />

is positively related <strong>to</strong> the acquisition <strong>of</strong> KM model-specific procedural

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