Teachability of Metacognitive Skills: What Makes Students Use Metacognitive Skills?

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Abstract

Metacognitive skills can improve with appropriate instruction, however, educators may not be familiar with these methods of teaching. This study explores what factors influenced students to implement metacognitive skills and how students perceived the purposefully designed metacognitive activity in a high school classroom in South Korea. 252 students were involved in the study and a survey and focus group interviews were employed for the data collection. A linear regression indicated that perceived task values predicted the use of metacognitive skills and a thematic analysis demonstrated how students utilized them. Implications of the results for research and instructional design of metacognitive activities are discussed.

Authors

• Haesol Bae, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Kyungbin Kwon, Indiana University - Bloomington